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WITH  INTRODUCTION  AND  NOTES 

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Professor,  Royal  Military  Academy,    Woolwich. 


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INTRODUCTION. 

KARL  FERDINAND  GUTZKOW,  one  of  the  most 

distinguished  poets  and  novelists  of  modern  German  lite- 
rature, was  born  at  Berlin  on  March  lyth,  1811.  Of  his 
parents  nothing  of  note  is  recorded ;  his  father,  a  man  of 
moderate  education,  was  a  clerk  in  the  Prussian  War  Office. 

Gutzkow  having  shown  precocious  talents,  was  sent  at  an 
early  age  to  a  public  school  at  Berlin.  After  a  successful 
school  career  he  matriculated  at  the  Berlin  University,  in- 
tending to  study  divinity  and  philosophy. 

The  outbreak  of  the  French  Revolution  in  July,  1830, 
made  a  deep  impression  upon  him,  and  turned  his  attention 
to  the  political  questions  of  the  day. 

A  journal  started  by  Gutzkow,  and  called  the  "  Forum 
der  Journallitteratur,"  attracted  the  attention  of  Menzel.  the 
most  vigorous  and  popular  critic  of  that  time,  who  invited 
him  to  Stuttgart  to  take  part  in  editing  the  "  Litteraturblatt," 
a  post  which  he  accepted  for  a  time,  but,  with  a  view  to 
public  life,  he  meanwhile  continued  to  study  law  and 
political  economy  in  the  universities  of  Heidelberg  and 
Munich,  and  passed  his  examination  .as  Ph  D.  at  Jena. 

It  is  this,  the  first  epoch  of  his  literary  career,  on 
which  he  now  started,  dating  about  1830-1839,  which  is 
specifically  occupied  with  journalism,  criticism,  and  literary 
controversies.  He  soon  took  rank  as  one  of  the  most 
prominent  German  journalists  of  his  age,  active,  many- 


vi  INTRODUCTION. 

sided,  sensitive  to  the  pulse  of  the  public,  alive  to  the 
diseases  of  the  time,  and  always  ready  to  strike  a  deadly 
blow  at  his  antagonists.  Gutzkow  was  born  a  fighter,  and 
this  mettlesomeness  is  clearly  perceptible  even  in  one  of 
the  last  books  he  published,  his  "  Dionysius  Longinus " 
(1878),  where  the  satire  is  as  keen  as  in  his  earliest  pro- 
ductions. Throughout  his  laborious  life  it  was  his  constant 
endeavour  to  impress  the  age  with  his  own  stamp,  to 
analyse  its  literary  productions,  and  mercilessly  to  crush 
whatever  belonged  to  the  Romantic  School. 

In  1833  he  published  his  first  great  work,  "  Maha  Guru, 
Geschichte  eines  Gottes,"  in  which  he,  under  the  mask  of 
a  Tibetan  god,  parodied  and  ridiculed  the  weaknesses  of 
his  time,  particularly  red-tapeism,  bureaucracy,  and  high- 
church  orthodoxy.  This  predilection  for  dressing  his 
characters  in  an  Asiatic  garb  he  caught  from  Wieland  and 
Montesquieu,  who  first  set  the  fashion  by  his  "  Lettres 
Persanes,"  published  in  1721.  Gutzkow's  work  was  heartily 
welcomed,  and  very  favourably  reviewed  by  his  master,  Men- 
zel.  But  from  this  time  other  influences  began  to  bear  on 
his  disciple, — influences  which  could  not  fail  unpleasantly 
to  affect  their  mutual  relationship.  How  much  Heinrich 
Laube,  of  whose  magic  circle  Gutzkow  was  then  an  enthu- 
siastic adherent,  had  to  do  with  it,  we  do  not  know,  but  we 
shall  not  be  wrong  in  attributing  to  him  the  principal  share 
in  the  approaching  collision.  When  Gutzkow  published 
his  next  novel,  "  Wally  "  (1835),  full  of  Voltairian  scepti- 
cism, frivolities,  and  indecencies,  Menzel  rightly  took 
offence,  considering  himself  compromised  and  slighted, 
denounced  him  as  an  immoral  assailant  of  the  Christian 
community,  and  induced  the  Governments  of  the  German 
States  assembled  in  the  German  Diet  to  prosecute  him  and 
the  young  writers  of  the  time  known  as  "Jung  Deutsch- 
land."  These  were  a  number  of  young  journalists  who 


INTRODUCTION.  Vll 

idolized  the  French  Revolution,  and  were  dissatisfied  with 
the  reactionary  tendencies  of  the  time  and  the  non-fulfil- 
ment of  hopes  for  a  political  regeneration  of  Germany 
which  were  held  out  to  the  nation  at  the  close  of  the  War 
of  Liberation  in  1815.  Gutzkow  was  sentenced  to  three 
months'  imprisonment,  and  all  his  writings  were  prohibited. 

After  having  undergone  this  confinement  at  Mannheim, 
he  settled  at  Frank furt-on-Maine,  and  founded  the  journal 
"Telegraph  fiir  Deutschland."  In  1837,  however,  he  re- 
paired to  the  free  town  of  Hamburg,  where  he  hoped  to 
find  the  censure  less  severe.  He  now  published  a  great 
number  of  essays,  faithfully  reflecting  contemporary  life. 
Some  of  the  most  remarkable  are  his  "  Offentliche 
Charaktere"  (1835),  and  "  Zeitgenossen "  (1837).  The 
latter,  afterwards  reproduced  as  "  Sakularbilder,"  were 
for  the  first  time  published  under  the  nom  de  guerre  of 
Bulwer,  his  acknowledged  writings  being  then  prohibited. 
And  there  is  truly  some  kind  of  intellectual  relationship 
between  the  two  authors;  they  both  possess  the  same 
satirical  and  sarcastic  turn  of  mind,  but  while  Bulwer 
excels  in  the  polished  ease  of  a  man  of  the  world,  the 
German  is  superior  in  philosophical  culture.  Gutzkow's 
characters  have  neither  the  electric  wit  of  Heine  and  Borne, 
nor  the  brilliant  repartee  of  Saphir  and  his  followers,  but 
they  have  all  the  grace  and  urbanity  of  the  New  Comedy. 
They  command  the  smile  of  the  cultured  few,  not  the 
hearty  laughter  of  the  multitude. 

We  have  to  notice  even  in  this  first  epoch  a  contribution 
to  the  German  stage,  his  tragedy  "  Nero."  But  whilst  in 
this  he  has  invented  one  of  those  grotesque  monsters  which 
the  eccentric  Grabbe  delighted  in,  he  soon  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  study  of  the  stage  and  its  modern  requirements, 
and  was  thus  to  become  the  originator  of  the  modern 
German  drama.  "  Richard  Savage,"  performed  for  the 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

first  time  in  1839,  introduces  Gutzkow's  second  literary 
epoch,  lasting  from  1839-1850.  Although  he  remained 
still  the  editor  of  the  "  Telegraph  "  at  Frankfurt,  where  he 
removed  again  in  1842,  he  turned  now  almost  exclusively 
to  the  drama.  We  may  divide  his  dramatic  works  into 
three  classes :  firstly,  those  in  which  conflicting  sentiments 
play  the  chief  part  and  bring  about  the  tragic  knot,  like 
"Werner,  oder  Herz  und  Welt"  (1842),  "Ein  weisses 
Blatt"  (1842),  "Ottfried"  (1848),  and,  later  on,  "Ella 
Rose"  (1856).  He  was  less  fortunate  with  the  dramas 
of  the  second  class,  bearing  on  popular  subjects,  such  as 
his  "  Die  Schule  der  Reichen  "  (1841),  the  tragedy  "  Liesli" 
(1852),  and  a  later  work,  "  Lenz  und  Sohne  oder  die 
Komodie  der  Bessarungen"  (1855).  The  greatest  success, 
however,  Gutzkow  achieved  with  his  historical  comedies, 
in  which  humour  is  happily  blended  with  historical  truth. 
This  is  especially  apparent  in  some  of  his  best  comedies, 
"Zopf  und  Schwert"  (1843),  and  "Das  Urbild  des 
Tartiiffe "  (1844);  less  prominent  in  "Der  Konigs- 
lieutenant"  (1847),  based  on  some  incidents  in  Goethe's 
youth,  and  in  "  Lorbeer  und  Myrthe"  (1855).  Among 
the  tragedies  Gutzkow  wrote  we  must  mention  one  as 
being  of  signal  merit,  and  perhaps  the  best  work  of  the 
kind  he  has  designed,  "Uriel  Acosta"  (1847),  founded  on 
the  subject  of  his  novel,  "  Der  Sadducaer  von  Amster- 
dam "  (1832).  It  is  a  philosophical  drama,  and  treats  of  the 
tragic  fate  of  a  Jewish  freethinker  whose  convictions  clash 
with  the  ancient  traditional  belief  of  his  family  and  with  the 
love  of  his  heart.  Some  of  its  scenes,  such  as  Uriel's  with 
his  blind  mother,  and  the  scene  in  the  synagogue,  belong  to 
the  great  creations  of  tragedy.  His  diction  reminds  us  of 
Lessing's  "Nathan  der  Weise;"  it  is  not  particularly  easy 
or  flov/ing,  but  if  somewhat  heavy,  it  is  always  pregnant  and 
forcible.  "  Uriel  Acosta"  ranks  first  among  the  dramas  of 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

tl.e  modern  age,  on  the  dramatic  art  of  which  il  has  had  a 
considerable  influence.  Much  inferior  to  this  dramatic 
masterpiece  are  Gutzkow's  historical  tragedies,  such  as 
"Patkul"  (1840),  "  Pugatschew  "  (1845),  "  Philipy  Perez  " 
(1856),  and  "  Wullemveber." 

Owing  to  the  distinction  he  had  then  won  as  one  of  the 
leading  dramatists,  he  was  offered  and  accepted,  in  1847, 
the  post  of  dramaturg,  or  dramatic  critic  and  adviser,  to  the 
Dresden  Court  Theatre.  This  he  resigned  in  1849,  although 
he  had  been  as  successful  as  the  disturbed  atmosphere  of 
the  revolutionary  years  of  1848-9  would  allow,  and  turned 
again  to  journalism  and  to  fiction,  thus  initiating  the  third 
period  of  his  caieer.  Thus  in  1850  appeared  his  great  novel, 
"Die  Ritter  vom  Geiste,"  in  nine  volumes,  and  in  1859 
"  Der  Zauberer  von  Rom,"  which,  with  their  ingenious  and 
spirited  description  of  life  and  manners  of  all  classes  of 
society,  their  careful  plots  and  racy  dialogue,  established  for 
ever  his  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  represen- 
tatives, if  not  of  modern  German  literature,  still  of  the 
history  of  German  culture. 

The  popularity  he  had  thus  attained  was,  however,  much 
envied  and  carped  at  by  some  contemporaries,  whose  vin- 
dictive and  unfair  criticisms  embittered  his  later  life. 

In  1862  he  removed  to  Weimar,  having  accepted  the 
post  of  secretary  to  the  "  Schillerstiftung,"  but  he  resigned 
it  in  1864  owing  to  angry  disputes  with  the  managing 
committee.  This,  added  to  the  treatment  he  had  so  long 
been  subjected  to  from  his  literary  antagonists,  so  acted 
upon  his  sensitive  nature,  that  his  mind  became  unhinged, 
and  in  1865  he  attempted  to  commit  suicide,  but  was 
fortunately  prevented.  After  he  had  been  confined  in  an 
asylum  near  Baireuth  for  about  a  year  he  so  far  recovered 
as  to  be  discharged. 

His  sad  condition  met  with  much  sympathy,  and  a  fund 


SC  INTRODUCTION. 

was  raised  which  placed  him  beyond  the  leach  of  pecuniary 
difficulties.  Afterwards,  he  lived  alternately  at  Vevey, 
Bregenz,  Berlin,  near  Heidelberg,  and  at  Frankfurt,  restless 
and  indefatigable,  until  a  tragic  fate  befell  him.  On  the 
i6th  of  December,  1878,  he  was  found  dead  in  his  room, 
suffocated  by  gas. 

The  fourth  period  of  his  life,  from  1860  up  to  his  death, 
is  not  so  much  productive  as  eclectic.  It  is  true  he  tried 
to  win  honour  also  in  the  historical  novel,  to  which  Gustav 
Freytag  had  assigned  so  prominent  a  place  in  the  literature 
of  the  time,  but  without  any  remarkable  success.  His 
novel,  "  Hohenschwangau "  (1868),  reflecting  life  and 
manners  at  the  time  of  the  German  reformation,  has  some 
exquisitely  tasteful  passages,  but  history  and  fiction  are  not 
very  skilfully  blended,  and  in  parts  it  resembles  too  much 
ihe  style  of  a  chronicle.  More  interesting  are,  perhaps, 
his  latest  novels,  "  Die  Sohne  Pestalozzis"  (1870),  "Fritz 
ILlirodt"  (1872),  and  "  Neue  Serapions-briider  "  (1877). 

Gutzkow's  chief  merit  in  literature  is  not  based  on  the 
perfection  of  any  particular  branch  of  it,  but  on  the  leading 
position  he  held,  and  on  the  impulse  he  gave  to  all  its 
manifold  sections. 

He  was  entirely  a  man  of  his  time,  a  keen  observer  and 
critic  of  its  shortcomings,  and  if  not  a  great  novelist  and 
dramatist,  at  least  a  trusty  guide  and  pioneer  in  modern 
German  literature. 


Gutzkow  succeeded  in  casting  two  excellent  comedies, 
one  on  an  historical  and  national  basis,  "  Zopf  und  Schwert," 
and  the  other  a  comedy  of  purely  literary  fiction,  "  Das 
Urbild  des  TartiifFe,"  founded  on  the  material  afforded  by 
the  prohibition  of  Moliere's  well-known  play  ;  both  of  these 
plays  have  maintained  their  hold  on  all  German  stages  to 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

the  present  day.  It  was  doubtless  the  success  of  Scribe, 
the  renowned  master  of  French  comedy,  that  induced 
Gutzkow  to  imitate  him,  but  while  Scribe's  strength  lay  in 
the  skill  with  which  he  makes  the  wonderfully  intricate 
threads  of  his  intrigues  all  blend  into  a  harmonious  whole, 
Gutzkow  paid  more  attention  to  the  historical  truth  of  the 
plot,  and,  instead  of  sarcastic  irony,  he  used  fresh  humour 
and  characteristic  touches  which  stamp  each  character  with 
individuality.  This  is  particularly  the  case  with  "  Zopf  und 
Schwert,"  which  was  written  by  him  at  Milan  and  on  the 
shore  of  the  Lago  Maggiore.  Its  interest  culminates  in 
the  intrigues  about  the  proposed  marriage  of  the  Princess 
Wilhelmina,  daughter  of  King  Friedrich  Wilhelm  of  Prussia, 
an  alliance  that  is  coveted  by  England  and  by  Austria. 
But  in  the  end  the  Prince  of  Baireuth  is  the  preferred 
suitor  for  the  Princess's  hand. 

The  intrigue  as  detailed  by  Gutzkow  may,  it  is  true,  be 
inferior  to  Scribe's  "  Le  verre  d'eau,"  in  the  finesse  with 
wmch  the  plot  is  woven  and  unravelled,  but,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  Berlin  Court  of  that  age  is  depicted  with  such 
rich  humour,  and  at  the  same  time  with  such  historical 
faithfulness,  that  it  may  rank  with  "  Minna  von  Barnhelm," 
Lessing's  great  national  masterpiece.  The  King's  character 
is  particularly  good,  though  perhaps  somewhat  softer  and 
milder  than  it  stands  out  in  history,  but  this  is  a  natural 
liberty  allowed  the  poet.  The  most  prominent  feature 
is  the  scene  in  the  Tabaks-Kollegium,  his  world-known 
tabagie,  in  which  history  and  comic  fiction  are  happily 
blended  and  illustrated.  The  Prince  of  Baireuth's  speech 
is  an  admirable  combination  of  the  facts  of  history  with  the 
fantastic  intrigues  of  comedy.  A  proud  monarchy  and  a 
Court  regulated  on  the  most  economical  principles  form  a 
most  effective  contrast,  and  serve  as  a  background  of 
alternate  light  and  shade  for  the  humorous  characters  of 
the  play. 


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ARGUMENT  TO  ACT  I. 

The  Hereditary  Prince  of  Baireuth,  who  is  sent  to 
Berlin  by  the  Crown  Prince  of  Prussia ,  to  inquire  into 
the  supposed  seclusion  in  which  his  mother,  the  Queen, 
and  his  sister  Wilhelmina  are  held  by  the  eccentric  King, 
succeeds  in  persuading  the  lovely  Princess  to  receive  secretly 
a  French  master  recommended  to  her  by  her  brother.  The 
Prince  has  fallen  in  love  with  the  Princess  whose  portrait 
he  had  seen  at  Rheinsberg,  the  residence  of  the  Crown  Prince, 
and  is  sorely  disappointed  and  almost  in  despair  when  the 
Queen  confides  in  him  her  secret  wish  to  see  the  Princess 
wedded  to  the  Prince  of  Wales.  Eversmann,  the  King's  con- 
fidential valet  de  chambre  and  agent  informs  him  that  his 
Majesty  sent  for  him  and  intends  despatching  him  to  the 
Austrian  court  to  arrange  a  marriage  between  the  Princess 
and  the  Archduke  Leopold,  the  future  Emperor  of  Germany. 


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[einen   mannlic^en  hrdftigen   SBart,  ftopfe  i^m  jeben  Stbenb 
feine  Heine   getnutlidje  ^oUanbif^e  ^feife,  unb  waS*  bei* 
biefen  Ileinen  unfc^utbigen  ^>anblei[tungen  bie  gefjeiligte  ^8er' 
Jon  bed  ®5ntg§   an  SSinfen  unb  ^u^erungen  unb  tteinen  25 
Sefe^ten  fatten  la'fet  —  bag  atterbing§  - 

@  o  n  n  §  f  e  I  b.  §eben  <§te  auf  *  unb  b^aben  fidj  baraud 
etnen  ,,fteinen  unf^utbigen  Stnflufi"  gefc^miebet  *,  ber  gb^nen 
bereita  brei  ^aufer,  fiinf  Sanbguter  unb  eine  ®utfdje  mit 
dier  ^ferben  eingebract)t  b^at.  §iiten  @ie  fid?,  bafj  ber  ^ron» 
prinj*  atte  biefe  fdjb'nen  ®egenflfinbc  nid^t  bermaleinft  unter  30 
bem  ©algen  derfteigern 


6  3°Pf  » 

@oer§ntann.  £6ren  Sic,  @te  b,aben  fd)Ied)t  gefdjlafen 
ntein  grauletn!  %<fy  oerbttte*  mir  foldje  au§  ber  Suft  ge- 
griffene  Sftanteren  Don  —  28ei§fagungen  unb  ^ropfjejeiungen. 
Sc.  foniglidje  £ob,eit  ber  $ronprin$  ftnb  met  ju  fefjr  $b,ilo= 
5  fopb,,  al3  bafj  fie  fid)  an  etnem  Wanne  rac^en  fottten,  ber 
nut  fetnem  SSater  nirf)t3  anber§  ju  t^iin  i)at,  ate  @r.  9JZa 
jeftat  jeben  2l6enb  etnc  ^Sfeife  ju  ftopfen,  jeben  SRorgen  etnen 
3opf  §u  breljen  unb  i§n  etnen  Xag  urn  ben  anbern  nad) 
alter  beutfdjer  (Sttte  iiber  ben  Coffel  ju  barbieren*.  |>aben 

10  <Sie  mtdj  tierftanben?   («6.) 

©onngfelb  (aaein).  ®eb/  bu  nut,  bu  alter  (Siinber! 
@tefl'  btcb,*  nocb,  fo  efyrlicf)  unb  beutfcb,!  28tr  fennen  bid) 
unb  atte  betne§gleid;en !  £>a§  ifi  ein  Seben  an  btefetn  ^o[e ! 
$)e§  9JJorgen§  fdjon  in  ber  grille  bonnern  bie  ®anonen  unten 

15  tm  Suftgarten*  bid)t  unter  ben  genftern  be§  Sd)Ioffe§,  ober 
fie  fdjtrfen  un§  etne  ^ompanie  ©otbaten  ^erauf,  urn  un§ 
ba§  S^u^auffte^en  anjugewo^nen.  SRad)  bem  ®ebet  mu§  bie 
^rinjeffin  ftriden,  na^en,  SBafd^e  biigeln,  ben  ®atedji§mu§ 
au3rt)enbtg  Ie»nen,  ja*,  taglirf)!  etne  tangroetttge  ^Jrebigt 

20  Ijflren.  aj?ittag§  befommen  n?tr  fo  gut  tote  ntdjtS  ju  effen; 
bann  b,att  ber  ^onig  feinen  3Jiittag§fd)laf*,  unb  obgteid)  er 
f ortroa'Jjrenb  fo  gefpannt  *  nttt  ber  ®6nigtn  lebt,  ba|  fie  fid) 
faum  etnen  guten  ZQQ  gonnen,  fo  ntu^  bod)  bie  ganje  ga= 
mitie  biefer  ntetobtfd^en  aflerb,6d)ften*  ©djnard^unter^attung 

25  mit*  bettuob/nen ,  ja*  fogar  etgen^anbtg  bebadjt  fein,  bent 
fdjluntmernben  ^8apa  Sanbegoater*  bie  gttegen  fortsumebetn. 
D^ne  ben  naturltdjen  2Bi^  unb  ben  ®etft  nteiner  ^Srinjeffin 
mu^te  ba§  b/errtid^e  SBefen  bei  etner  fotdjen  fieben§roetfe 
langft  »ertt)itbert  fein.  ^a,  Wenn  ber  Sonig  njiiBte,  bag  fie 

30  fid)  b.einttid)  eine  Slnsa^I  franjoftfdjer  Sroden  attfgetefen  unb 
noibflrftig  *  geternt  l)at  ein  artige»  SBifletdjen  *  511  fdjreiben  -  .  . 
3d)  Ij5re  fie  fommen. 


Sfuftritt  II.]  8opf  unb  Sdjroert. 


Broetter  Auftntt 

$riit,',ch'iit   SBitychmne  (mtt  etnem  SMefe  in  ber  $<m&).     ftraufein 
Don  £uitnc<fdi>. 

2Bilb,etmtne*  (fcfjucfjtern).    @inb  ttrir  unbefaufcfyt? 

6onn3felb.     SBenn   nicfjt  bte  2Banbe   Dfyren   fyaben.    5 
3ft  ber  SBrtef  fdjon  fertig? 

SStt^elmtne.    !^cf)   luage  i^n  taunt  absufdfjicfen,  tiebe 
<Sonn^fetb.     @r  roirb  ^unbert  ®prad)[e^Ier  ent^alten. 

@onn§felb.    £unbert?    5)a  mu^  cr  longer  getoorben 
fein,  at^  3^re  ^o^ett  anfangS  beabfic^tigten.  10 

SBil^elmtne.  %tf)  fyabe  gefrfirteben,  ba^  id^  ^njar  ben 
SBert  ber  mtr  angebotenen  3)tenfte  Doflfommen  511  ttJiirbtgen 
berftiinbe,  midj  aber  in  einer  Cage  befanbe,  afle§  juriicf- 
metfen  ju  miiffen,  rt>a§  ic^  fiir  meine  Sitbung  nirf)t  njenigfieng 
burc^  bie  93ermittelung  ber  ^ontgin,  meiner  2Jiutter,  er*  15 
tongen  fann. 

@onn§fetb.  $)a§  t)aben  @ie  gefc^rieben?  S)afiir  bte 
ljunbert  @prarf)f e^Ier  ?  3°  biefem  gatt  ftnb  tt)ir  jonjett  rt)te 
bister.  $5^  e^)re  °^e  9tiicf|"ic^ten  *,  bte  etne  junge  ^3rin^efftn 
toon  adjtjeljn  Sa^«n  t»or  ber  2Bettgefrf)ic§te  ju  netjnten  ^at.  20 
aber  bet  btefer  ©eluiffentjaftigfeit  merben  <3te  ju  ©runbe 
geb,en*.  2)er  ®omg  mtrb  (Sie  en>tg  JDte  eine  ©ttatotn,  bte 
^onigin  tt)te  ein  unmunbigeS  *  ^inb  betjanbeln.  @te  finb  ba§ 
£5^fer  5treter  Sfyaraftere ,  bte  an  fid^  Utelleid^t  ba§  Sefte 
mtt  %\)mn  bejmecfen,  bte  aber  betbe  fo  entgegengefe^te  Ifta*  25 
turen  finb,  ba^  @ie  nintmerniefjr  miffen  fonnen,  went  @ie 
e§  red^t  madden  *  foflen.  ®er  ^ronprinj  t)at  e§  erretdjt,  ftd^ 
ju  befreien.  SSoburc^?  2>itrrf)  9)iut  unb  ©elbfldnbtgfeit. 
Gr  b,at  fic^  lo^geriffen  Don  ben  beengenben  3teffeht  ber  SBitt* 
fiir,  b,at  ftd^  bte  ajtittet,  bie  er  p  feiner  Silbung  beburfte,  30 


8         '  3°Pf  ""*>  <Sd)tt>ert. 

felbft  erroorben,  unb  nun  fenbet  er  and)  ^t)iien  0118 
berg  fetnen  $reunb,  ben  ©rbprin^nt  uon  33aireutf),  um  $b,neit 
unb  ber  ®onigtn  einen  <5d)it|,  einen  5lnb,alt  511  geben*, 
bamtt  ©ie  an  einem  |>ofe,  tno  ben  ganjen  Sag  getrommett 
5  unb  ejerjtert  urirb,  nid)t  au§  SSei^tiu-iflung  am  ©nbe  felbft 
nod)  bte  9}?u5fete  ergreifen  unb  unter  bie  $ot§bamer*  ©arbe 
treten  *. 

SSittietmine.    SStel  junior,   tiebe  <Sonn§fetb,  njatjr^ 
fiafttg!   SKein  93ruber  fiat  in  SRb,ein§berg  gut*  ^jSIdne  madjen 

10  unb  ©miffare*  fenben!  @r  tcet^  jelbft  feb,r  roo^I,  bafj  ber 
2Beg  jur  grei^eit,  bte  er  jefct  errungen,  btdjt  am  @d;afott 
ttoruberfu^rte.  Qd)  ge^ore  bem*  ®efcf)Ied)te  an,  ba§  bulbcn 
foil.  $)er  SSater  i[t  gut,  b,erjen§gut,  in  feinem  tt)af)ren  SSefen 
oielteidjt  mtlber  al§  bie  Gutter,  bte  mid)  mit  i^rem  @^r= 

15  getj  unb  t^rer  @udjt*  jur  ^5olittf  oft  fdjroffer  jurudfto^t, 
al§  tnutterlidje  Siebe  Uerantroorten  fann.  3d)  bin  nun*  ein= 
mat  beftimtnt,  bie§  @d)tdfat  511  ertragen,  unb  frage 
felbft,  tt)tc  fann  id)  mid)  einem  abenteuernben 
anoertrauen,  ben  mir  ber  S3ruber  ba  au§  fetnem  tuitben  unb 

20  geniaten  *  SfljeinSberger  Seben  ^teriierfenbet,  um  mein  Slitter 
unb  ^atabin  ju  toerben?  @§  tft  ein  ©ebanfe,  roie  er*  nur 
unter  ben  ^5oeten  bort  r)at  entftcl)en  fonnen!  Unb  roenn  id) 
aud)  gern  b/etmlid)  eingeftet>e,  id)  mod)te  oerftetbet  unb  lufttger 
SMnge*  in  bem  9li)etn§berger  Sarm  redjt  mitten  brinnen* 

25  fein,  fo  fyab'  id;  bod),  ba  mir  nun  einmal*  in  Serlin  finb, 

mein  bifed)en  granjofifd)  jur  -ftot  ^ufammengenomnten*  unb 

bem   ©rbprinjen  fur  feine  Slnerbietungen   permit    (reid^t  bet 

©onnsfeib  ben  SBrtcf)   meb^r   abtneifenb   aU   annet)inenb  geban!t. 

@onn§felb.   Unb  biefen  33rief  foU  id)  beforgen  laffen ? 

30  (TOit  fomtfctjem  $at^o§.)  S^ein,  S8ntglid)e  ^o^eit,  id;  befaffe  mid)  * 
nidjt  mit  oerbotenen 


•Jtuftritt  IIL]  3opf  unb  ©djtoert. 

•28  i  Ify  e  I  nt  t  n  e.  ®einen  <Sd)ers,  @onn§felb !  9Iuf  bte 
lid)e  (£piftet  be§  (Srbprinjen  m  11  fj  t'  id)  fo  ermibern  . . . 

(SonnSfelb.  Sftimmermefyr  —  an  biefem  £>of  oerroirft* 
man  burd)  bte  Seforgung  Derbotener  ^orrefponbenjcn  fetn 
Ceben  —  5 

S&iUjetmitte.  S)ii  macfift  mid)  66 je...  beforge  ben 
i8rief . . .  fdjnett  . . . 

©onnSfetb.    Stein;   aber  ic^  mci^  ein  9ftittet,   ^Srin* 
5ejfin,  ein  untriig(id)e§,  feb^r  fid)ere§  9J?itteI,  biejen  Srief  an 
jeine  Slbreffe  getangen  ju  taffen*,  e§  tjei^t:  (fie^t  auf  bie  3;^ur  10 
bc§  &tntcrgrunbes)    geben  @te  t^n  fetber  ab!  (£iipftnacljeiner  Bittern 
©citent^ur  ab.) 


JDrttter  luftrttt. 

cr  ©rbprtns   Don  23<meutff  (nad)   franjoftfc^em  ©ef^mod  ge* 
fleibet  mtb  burcf)ou§  abwcidjenb  lion  bent  SiebItng?Toftunt  beS  Sontg8).      15 


SBilb^elmine  (bci)eiie).  2)er  ©rbprinj. 

Srb^rinj  (brfjinfnin  oortretcnb  unb  beifette).    ©an§  itjr  S3tlb  ! 

ift   bie   ^Srtnjef  fin  !   (2ant.)    ^d)   bitte   urn   Sergebung, 

ob.eit,    ba§   nteine   Ungebulb,   bie    ®rii^e   be§  20 
®ronprin$en  perfontid)  au§jurid)ten  - 

SBitb.etmine.  S)er  (gibprinj  Don  Saireutb,  fe^t  mid) 
burd)  einen  fo  fru^eitigcn  SBefurf)  in  nid^t  geringe  SSec* 
(egenfjcit. 

@  r  b  p  r  t  n  j.  @r  gatt*  nid)t  3$nen,  er  gait  bent  b^errlid^en,  25 
efyrroiirbigen  @d)Ioffe,  biefen  Xreppen,  biefen  (Dalerieen,  biefen 
^orrtboren,  er  gatt  ber  lerratnfermtniS  *,  Stoniglidje^ofieit, 
bie  enter  jeben  bebeutcnben  llntcrne^mung  oorangefyen  mufe. 

2Bttt)eImine.  ©ebenfcn  @te  fyier  eine  ©ctjtadjt  ju 
liefern?  30 


10  3°t>f 


%n  bureaus  frieblidjen  2lbfid)ten  bin  id) 
eben  nid)t  fjier,  roenn  id)  audj,  rote  ^dnjeffin  SSitljelnune 
bereit§  nriffen  tuerben,  mid)  mefjr  auf  bie  2)efenfioe  befdjranfen 
mufj. 

5  SBilfjelmine.  Unb  aud)  biefe  roerben@ie  nid)t  fdjonenb* 
genug  ergretfen  fonnen.  (3»ir  p^.)  £>a§  Sittet  luirb  nid)t  me^r 
notig  fetn.  (2aut.)  5Sie  Iie§en  @te  meinen  Sruber?  SSot)l= 
ouf*?  SStet  befd)aftigt? 

©rbprinj.    3)er  Sronprinj  filljrt  in  fetnem  @ji(  cin 
LO  Seben  dofl  ^eiterfter  5tbtt)ed)felung.     @r  f)at  fidj  Si^einsberg 
in  einen  fteinen  9JJufenfi^  umgefrf^affen,  ber  balb  ben  ernften 
@tubien,   batb  ber  poetifdjen  (Srb.otung   gewibmet  ift.     2Bir 
^aben    fd^one    ©tunben    bort   tierlebt,   undergefelidje;   man 
fottte  nidjt  gtauben,  bafe  man  fid)  an  ber  medtenburgifdjen 
15  ©renje  fo  Diet  ^S^antafie  erijalten  fann.    SWan  malt  bort, 
man   bant,    man    meifeett,    man   btdjtet.     S)a§   Regiment, 
unter   bem   unmittetbaren   iBefeb,!    be§   geiftreid^en 
fteb,t,   bient  baju*,   burdj   mtlttarifdje   ©Dotutionen 
bie  ftrategifdjen  Stngaben  be§  ^SofQbiug*  ju   dertotrttidjen. 
20  ^urj,  idj   tt)iirbe  mid)   ungtitdlicb,   f  listen,   btefen  reijenben 
Slufentfjatt    oertaffen   ju   ^aben,   ttjare   mir    nidjt    ein    fc 
eljrenbofler  9{uftrag  gemorben.    3a;  ^rinjeffin,  ber  ®ron= 
^rinj   roiinfdjt  iiber  bie   Sage,   in  ber   fid)   b,ier  ©rfjroefter 
unb    Sautter    befinben,    genaue    an    ber   Guette    gefd)6pfte 
25  (Srhmbtgungen  einjujicb,  n*,    nottgenfaff^   aud)  511  beraten, 
roie   biefer  Sage*  abju^elfen,   btefen   SSiberrodrtigfetten    ju 
begegnen  fei. 

28  i  I  b,  elm  inc.    @rfiib,re*  man,  ba§  id)  einem  $rin$en, 
ber  bi§  jegt  roeber  metnem  SSater  nod)  meiner  Gutter  oor= 
30  geftedt  rourbe,  fyer  im  offenen  @aat  ^tubienj  gebe,  id)  glaube, 
bafe  id)  mid)  riiften  !6nnte,   einige  SSod)en  auf  bie  geftung 
jit  geb,en.     (SBia,  fi^  bemeigenb,  abfle^en.) 


Hufttitt  HI.]  8»*f  ttttb  ©djtoert.  11 

(grbprinj.  ^rtnjeffin!  3ft  eg  otfo  rotrftid)  rot^r,  roag 
man  mit  <3d)aubern  an  aHen  £>6fen  (Suropag  er^afjft,  baft 
ber  ®5nig  toon  $reufjen  ben  $of,  feine  Umgebungen,  feme 
eigne  $amilie  ttyrannifiert? 

28  tit)  el  mine.  $rin§,  <5ie  braudjen  einen  fatten 
brurf  fiir  bag,  ttja§  i^  nur  unfer  eigentumttdjeS 
nennen  module.  $n  SSerfatHe§  fc^roebt  aHe§  mit  Qtyttyic* 
flugeltt  iiber  bie  gtafierten  ^arfette*.  ^)ier  tritt  man  etn 
roenig  berb  mit  fUrrenben  ©poren  auf.  %n  3?er[aiHe§  ^at 
ftc^  bie  fonigltdje  gamttie  in  eine  grofje  ©efeflfd^aft  auf=  10 
geloft,  roo  nur  noc^  bie  ^Serroanbtfc^aft  ber  ®eifter,  bie  SBanbe 
ber  -  -  ungebunbenften  9ieigungen  ^eilig  gefjatten  roerben. 
^ter  i[t  ber  $of  eine  einjige  biirgerlic^e  gamitie,  roo  man 
nod)  dor  Xifc^  fein  ©ebet  t)att*,  bie  ©Item  immer  juerft 
reben  Idfet,  mit  bem  punftlidjften  ®e^or[amf  roenn  e§  t>er*  15 
langt  mirb,  fiinf  eine  gerabe  Qafyl  fein*  lafet  unb  fid)  bann 
nur  au§  Stebc  mand)mat  etn  bi§d)en  janft,  au§  Siebe 
iuand)ina(  ein  bi^ijen  qua'lt,  au§  Siebe  ftdj  bag  Seben 
ein  roenig  fauer  madjt*. 

©rbprinj.    ^rinjejfin,  id)  fd^rcore  $fyntn,  ba3  mufe  20 
anber§  roerben. 

SBilljelmine.    28ie  fotttc  eg  —  ? 

(Srbprinj.    2)er  ^ron^rin^  Ijat  midj  beauftragt,  otte 
erbenltid)en  9ftittet   aufjubieten  *,   @ie  toon   bie[er  SBarbaret 
§u  befreien.    ©ebieten  @ie  iiber  mid).    @ie  fe^en  mid)  bereit  26 
ba§u.    3uerf*  emp[a§I   er  mir  bringenb  3^re  Q^iftigen  83e* 
biirfntffe.    2Bte  ift  eg  mit  ber  franjofifd)en  @prad)e? 

SSit^etmine.  $er  ^onig  ^a|t  atteg,  roag  com  Slug* 
lanb  fommt  unb  nidjtg  mefjr  alg  granfreid),  feine  Sitteratur 
unb  feine  @prad)e.  30 

6rbprinj.    2)er  S'r on^jrin j  rou^te  bag  unb  f djicf t  Q^nen 
,  um  permit  gleid)  ben  §lnfang  ju  madjen,  aug  feinem 


12  8t>Pf  unb  (Sc^hjert. 


®reife   ctn   fteine§  gefd)ft>af3tge§,   aber  fefjr  ge= 
feb,rte§  Sftdnndfjen,  einen  gran^ofen,  9?amen§  Safjarpe  - 

2B  til)  el  mine.     SDie  ftrengften   SBefefyfe  oerbannen  afle 
franflofifdijen  @prad)metfter  aus  Berlin. 
5        Srbprinj.    Sa^arpe  geb,t  gu  Q^en,   ob,ne   ba§  man 
tt)n  fennt. 

SOB  it  6,  el  mine.     Unmogtic^.     3U  m™  barf*  niemonb, 
ber  fii^  nic^t  bei  ber  ©cfyfofjioarfje  au§tueifen*  fann. 

©rbprinj.    ®o  I)6ren  @ie  2af)arpe§  SSortrdge  bei  bet 
10  Sonn»fetb,  3f)rer  |>o}bame. 

SSit^etmine.     llnmogticb,. 
©rbprinj.    S3ei  ber  ®o  night. 
SSilletmine.    Unmogltrfj. 

@rbprin§.    9ftein  ^)tmmeT,  finb  <Sie  fid^  benn  me  eine 
15  ©tnnbe  aflein  iiberlaffen? 

SSil^elmine.  ©onntciglicb,  *  §tcei  ©tunben  in  ber  ^ird^e. 
(Srbprinj.    2>a§  ift  ja  entfe|(t^!   3n  33erfaiffe§  b^aben 
nid)t  nur  bie  ^rinjeffinnen  fd^on  Oon  geb,n  Sa^ren,  fonbern 
fogar  tb.re  ^5uppen  tljren  eignen  ^>offtaat*I 
20        'SBiltjelmine.     2)er   einjige   Drt,    ben    ic^   jmoeilen 
langere  Qeit  ob,ne  Segteitung   befudjen   barf,   finb  briiben* 
tone  3immer  im  untern  ©tocfraerf  be§  @rf)toffe§  — 

(Srbprinj.     28ab,rfc§etntid)    bie    ^rioatbibliotle?   be3 


25        ffitt^etmine. 

(Srbprinj.     (Sine  (Valerie  toon  ^amtltengemalben? 
SB  i  1  1)  el  mine.    Seijen   @ie  ben  Stand)  ,  ber  au§  ben 
goeffneten  gcnftern  ^erdorbringt? 

©rbprinj.     2)a§   ift          bodj    nid)t  etwa*   —   bie 
30  ®arfiid)e*? 

SStl^etmine.     ®ie  ©arfiid)e  nidjt,   aber  and)   ntd)t 
Otel  $8effere§.    @§  ift,   mil  ©tjren  ju  mctben,   bie  foniglidj 


?Mtftrttt  III.1  3opf  unb  Sdjwert.  13 


SBafdjfiidje!  ©efjen  @ie,  ^rinj,  ba  iff  t%  ber 
Sdjroefter  be£  Shonprinjen  erlaubt,  ftunbenfarrq  fid]  |iti' 
^ufteflen  unb  efyrbar  jujufdjauen,  luie  man  bic  ^iifd)c  fpittt, 
lie  mangclt,  bie  tfHeiber  ftdrft,  bie  ©eberfe,  bie  ©eruietten 
jortiert  -  5 

(grbprinj.    (Stner  ^rht^efftn? 

SBit^etmine.  @et)en  @ie  ba§  fletne  genfter  mit  ben 
gruncn  SBtumenftocfen  unb  bent  flcinen  §anfling  int  ^dfig? 
5)ort  uio^nt  bie  grau  be§  <Sttbertnd^er§.  28d£)renb  bie 
armc  <ftoiiit)?toc^ter  guroeilen  fd)einbar  rote  etne  9J?agb  an  10 
ben  Xbpfen  unb  S'effeln  ju  roalten*  fdjeint,  fdjliipf  tc^  ^eim* 
ltd)  ju  jener  guten  gran,  roo  id)  tjtnter  ben  Slumeu  frei 
utib  Better  tac^en  fann,  der[toi)ten  bent  fleinen  |>dnfling  au§ 
meiner  |>anb  jein  gutter  reic^e  unb  tnir  fc^on  oft  gefagt  ^abc: 
Set  att  beinen  Setben,  att  betnem  Summer  btft  bu  boc^  15 
nod)*  glitrftidjer  al^  ber  arme  fletne  ©anger  ba  im  STafig, 
bem  |"ie  ntmmer  bie  greiljett  geben  loerben,  unb  fang'  er  nod)* 
fo  fd)5n,  noc^  fo  melobtfc§  in  alien  ©proven  ber  @rbe. 

©rbprinj.    (JBcifeite.)    @ie  ift  bejaubernb!    (Cout.)   llnb 
2at)arpe?  20 

2B  1  1  ^  e  I  m  i  n  e.  2)a  e§  benn  gewagt  fein  *  foil  —  bort* 
f)in,  "i]3rtn§,  fc^tden  @ie  ntir  biefen  gelefjrten  |)errn,  bort 
roifl  id),  roie  e§  ber  Sruber  befietjtt,  nteinen  franjofifd^en 
@ttl  bttben  unb  unter  anberm*  lernen,  toic  man  redjt  elegant*, 
rec^t  ntobern  franjofifd)  fagen  !ann:  ,$&,  ttagen  rair  ben  25 
Slnfang  eine§  neuen£eben§!"  33Ieiben  @ie  ber  greunb  nteineS 
StuberS,  bleiben  @ie  mein  SBefd&ufcer  I  giir  je^t  aber  — 
leben  ©ie  mo^l. 


14 


fierier  Auftrttt 

(atlcin).    Xann  graulettt  Don  Sonuc-fclb. 

2Bo  weit'*  idj  benn!  SSar  ba§  eine 
au§  Xaufenbunbeiner  liftacfjt  ,,ober  bin  irfj  ttrirflicb,   an  ben" 
5  Ufern  jener  gemutltdjen  Spree,  bie  fid)  in  bie  £>a»el*  er= 
giejjt?  SSab.r^aftig,  biefer  preitfjifcfje  $of  mit  feinen  Qbtfen 
unb  (Samafc^en*  tft  romantifd§er,  at§  ic^  mir  gebac^t  fjabe.* 
Sa^arpe,  bu  ^inter  jenen  93tuntenftocfen  ?  2)ir  biefe§  Tete-4- 
tete  mit  einer  ^rinjeffin,  bie  bie  £iicb,e  befuc^t,  unb  einem 
10  ^anfling,  ber  ba§  ®Iiicf  fjat,  i^r  in  bie  ginger  beifcen  ju 
burfen?  2Bie  tft  fie  ftigon!   @ie  ift  fc^oner  ate   ba§  Stlb, 
ba§  griebric^  auf  bem  §er5en  trcigt,  unb  fdgon  in  bie§  Silb 
b,ab'  id)   mic§  oerliebt.    (@i^  umfe^enb.)    sJftagifd)   bannt  e§ 
mid§  an  biefe  9ldume,  bie  fie  mie  ein  ®entu§  burdgfc^rDebte. 
15  (Sum  genfter.)     $)ort  unten  auf  bem  $fa£  bie  bti^enben  93a- 
jonette  ber  manoorierenben  Xruppen;  ^ier  ber  (Singang  ju 
ben  Biwwicrn  einer  ^rinjeffin,  bie  gu   befi^en  bie  b,ocb,fte 
8eligfett  ber(5rbe  roare  —  unb  bort  —  roo^in  fiib^rt  roob,l* 
jene  jl^iir,  burc^  tuelc^e  bie  fteine  ^)iiterin  biefe§  ^arabiefe§ 
20  entfdjlitpfte  —  ?  (9Ja^evt  [id)  ber  jioeiten  ^intern  Xf)ur,  ifjm  pr  DJec^ten). 
grduIeint)on(Sonn§felb  (tritt  ifjm  j^nett  unb  errefit 
entgegen).     gort,  fort!  ^Srtnj!  3)ic  ^finigin  fotnmt  — 
©rbprinj.     5)ie  ^onigtn  —  ?  2Bob,in  benn? 
©onn^fetb.     ^n  iene^  3immcr  briiben  —  t3ieltetd§t, 
25  bafj  @ie  einen  2lu§roeg  finben.  —  llm§  jpimmelg  witten,  man 
barf  @ie  b,ier  nic|t  gefeb^en  ^aben. 

(5  r  b  p  r  i  n  J  (roirb  fion  t^r  in  bie  entgegengefefcte  ©eitent^ur  gebranflt) 
9Jieine  XerrainfenntniS  oermefjrt*  fid^  f^on.    (2l&.) 


'in'tvitt  V.]  8»1> f  rob  ©djtoett  15 

^unfter  Auftritt. 

t>te   ftomgin    begleitet    non    jroei   ttyrer    <pofbatnen.     3fr3nleix 
Won  ©ounSfelb.    ©pater  ber  grbprtus. 

®b'ntgin  (wtnft  ben  &ofbamen.    $tefe  fleljen  afc.    <Ste  fefct  fldj). 
Ilcetne  Xoc^ter  fd)on  auf*?  %$  ^abe   bie  9lac^t  tmeber  fo    5 
angcftrengt*  gearbcitet,  bafj  t<^  nod^  gang  ermiibet  bin.    $)iefe 
Idbige*    ^olitif!    |>aben    @ie    nid^t  ^amfe   gefe^en-? 

SonnSfelb.  ^fjrer  ajJajeftdt  Sommerbiner?  ^cin, 
ITJajeftat! 

®d  nig  in.    (Sr  bteibt  fo  tange  au§.    3^  Wtrfte  ib,n  511  10 
bem  Srbprinjen  Don  ^Batreutfj. 

©rbprtnj  (au§  ber  Jljiir  imb  bctfcite).    3U  Witt? 

^o  nig  in.  ^ac^  ben  SBnefen,  bie  nttr  ber  ^rinj  bon 
inetnem  @of)n  gebrac^t,  mu|  e§  einer  ber  beften  giirften  be§ 
3ab,rt)unbertg  toerben.  15 

©rbprinj  (beifeitc).    5)a§  Xerrain  tt)irb  giinftig. 

S'  6  n  i  g  i  n.  9)letn  <Sofjn,  ber  bie  3Jlen^en  f o  ricfytig  ju 
beurteilen  berfteijt,  fdjtlbert  mir  i^n  als  einen  S^arafter, 
bcm  icf)  mtcf)  ganj  Dertrauen  barf,  llnb  gerabe  je^t  bebarf 
id)  etne§  entfc^Ioffenen  S3etftanbe§  meb,r  benn  je.  20 

©onngfelb  (erf^redenb).  Qft  roieber  ettt)a§  im  SBerfe*, 
Wnjcftat? 

^  o  n  i  g  i  n.    9J?eine  ganje  ^raf t  mufj  id§  aufroenben.    3a, 
o§   gilt,   bie  SBitrbe  einer  ajJonarc^te  ju  befyaitpten,   beren 
naturlicfjer  SSertreter   e§   taglic^   me^r  ju  oergeffcn  fcfyetnt,  25 
b.ife  fic^  ^gren^en  feit  lurjem  in  bie  Siei^e  ber  europtiifc§en 
^to^md(f)te  geftettt  b.at. 

@onn§felb.    SWajeftat,  @ie  tooHen  Unrutjen  ftiften*? 

f  Snigin.    %fy  brenne  oor*   Segierbe,  einen  ^Brinjen 
feiiiu-n  ^i  Tertien,   ben  mein  <Sof)n  feiner  ^reunbfc^nft  tt)iir=  30 
bigte  — 


1 8  3°Pf  «"i>  ©djtoert.  [Hufjug  I 

<Sonn3fetb  (gtbt   bent  Srbptinjen  etnen  SBim). 

®  6  nig  in.    ©obatb  er  ba  ift*,  liebe  <5onn§felb  — 

@onil§felb  (jetgt  auf  ben  ijerau§getretenen  grbprinjen).  ®amfe 
liifjt  iljn  foeben  ein!  ®a  ift  er  fdjon. 
"i       $  6  n  i  g  i  n  (fteijt  auf).    @ic  fiberrafi^en  ntti^ ,  ^Srtnj !  %<$ 
^abe  @ie  nic^t  eintreten  Ijbren  — 

Srbprin  j.  3^  3JJajeftot  fd§ienen  in  fo  tiefe  93etracf)= 
tungen  derfun!cn  — 

^onigtn  (fieifeite).     @in    einne^mcnbeS    Sluiere,    ein 
10  geiftDotteS  Huge  —  ^at  3^en  me^n  ^ammerbiener . . .? 

©rbprinj.  %m  Segrtff  au^ugeb/en,  begcgnete  mir 
bie[er  SBtebermann  *  auf  ber  Xreppe  meine§  ^>otel§.  @r 
briidfte  mir  ben  untoer^uglidjen  Sefeb,!  @tt).  S^ajeftat  au§  - 

^  5  n  t  g  i  n.    83itte  *,  (Srbprinj  — !  (@e^t  r»4  unb  toinft  bem 

15  grbprinjen,  ein  flieidjes  ju  t^un.)  OKeinen    Ijerjlidjften  5)anf  fur 

bie  iiberbrad^ten   SBriefe  meineS  .trefftitfjen    ©ob.nel.     @inc 

©tefle,  bie  icb,  tuob,!  nteb,r  al§  jeb.nmat  iibertefen  ^abe,  Ia§t 

midj  oermuten,  ba§  @ie  iiber  einen  gemtffen  *$lan,  eine  ge* 

roiffe  ^tngelegen^eit   bereitS   t>on  ib,m    unterricfjtet   ttorben 

20  finb  — 

©rbprina.  Soroob,!,  jaroob,!,  aWajeftat!  (SBeifeitc.) 
3d)  roei^  fein  SBort. 

^onigin.    3d)  bin  feb,r  gtitcf(id),  ba&  id),  rote  tmmer, 
fo  and)  b,ier  mit  meinem  ©ob.n  ganj  einberftanben  bin,  unb 
25  aud)   <5ie    bifligen    geroi^   ooflfommen   unfere  Slnfi^t  uon 
biefem  ©egenftanbe? 

@rbprin§.  Ojne  Qtottfd,  tiottfommen,  ganj  .^rer 
5lnftd)t.  (Seifeite.)  liber  roog  fiir  einen  ©egenftanb? 

So  nig  in.    3Jiein  @ob,n  fdjreibt  mir,  ba|  id)  auf  3$re 
30  Xeilnab.me  in   biefer  2lngelegenb,eit  unbebingt  redjnen  fonn. 

(Srbprinj.  (Sir  b,at  nidjt  juoiel  gefagt,  aftajeftat. 
tits  id)  aber  t>on  ifjm  Slbfdjieb  nab^m,  rief  er  mir  nod)  in 


«uftritt  V.J  Sopf  un&  ©Bluett.  17 


ben  SSagen  nadfj:  Sieber  gfreunb,  fiber  biefen  benmfjten* 
©egenftanb  nrirb  bir  bie  ®5nigin,  meine  gnabigfte  2J£utter, 
nod)  ba§  $u§fiif)rlid)ere  unb  Utnftanblidjere  *  mitteiten. 

ftonigin.    3)a§   ift   ganj  fein  ©tit!  @ie  fefjen  mid) 
bereit  baju.  ft 

©rbprtnj  (beifeite.)    2)a3  toerttricfelt  fid^*. 

®  6  n  i  g  i  n.  @ie  tuiffen,  ba^  ber  branbenbitrgif  d§c  Surljut  * 
erft  jeit  furjem  mit  bcr  ^reu|ifd^en  ®6nig§frone  dertaujd§t 
wurbc.  Dbgteid§  urfpriinglid^  cine  fyannooerfdje  ^rinjejfin, 
fanb  ic^  bod)  in  $reufjenS  ©ro|e  mein  ®liicf,  in  ^)3reufeen§  10 
9luf)m  metnen  ©totj.  ^ein  (Staat  ^at  in  ber  SBaljl  feiner 
93unbe§genoffen,  SSerfdjtoagerungen  unb  i8ern)anbtyd)aften 
Urfacfie,  fo  Oorfid^tig  ju  fein,  n)ie  ber  unjrige.  Unb  be§tjalb 
gibt  e§  aitdj  gen>t§  fetnen  (Segenftanb  ,  ber  in  biefent  Slugem 
bttcf  fo  leb^aft,  fo  au§[(^Ite§tid^  bie  Slufmerffamfett  unb  ba§  15 
^ntereffe  be§  Sanbe§  in  3lnfprud§  ne^men  barf,  ate  eine 
grage,  bie  aurf)  bereitS  atte  ^abinette  @uropa§  befdjaftigt, 
eine  grage,  bie  @ie  ofjne  S^c^I  f^°n  erraten  ^aben. 

(Srbprtnj.    %<§  glaube  @ro.  a^ajeftdt  toottfommen  ju 
oerfte^en.     (Setfeiie.)    2Ba§   meint  fie  nur?  20 

®  6  nig  in.  8d)  bin  gewi§  ot)ne  @totj.  Stber  ttjenn 
man  etnem  ^>aufe  angetjort,  ba§  tote  ba§  ^annoberfc^e  fiirj' 
Iid§  bie  @^re  ge^abt  fyat,  auf  ben  XJiron  fion  (Sngtanb  be= 
rufen  su  Juerben,  menn  man  bie  Xocfiter  eine§  ®onig§,  bie 
Gutter  eine§  liinftigen  ®6ntg§,  bie  ©ema^Iin  eineg  ^6nig§  25 
ift,  bann  roerben  @ie  einfe^en,  ba^  ici)  fitr  bie  guftmft  nteiner 
Xoc^ter  3ftiidEfic^ten  ju  neljmen*  ^abe,  bie  mic§  beftimmen 
miiffcn,  jebe  polittfc^e  SKeganiance*  ju  bermeiben. 

©rb^rinj.    SWeSaaiance?  S^rer  ^rinjeffin  Xorfjter*? 
(SertDtrrt.)  %3)    mu§  gefte^en  -  -  toon    biefen  93erf)a'ltniffen  30 
tear  idj  --  nur  oberflticfylidj  unterrtd)tet  - 

^6  nig  in.    SBa§   id)    3ftnen,    3^er    gerotffen^afteflen 


18  3o}>f  unb  ©divert.  [Stafjug  I 


SBerfd)tmegenf)eit  nritteiten  toerbe,  ^riiij,  ift  etn  ( 
unb  ba§  (SrgebniS  ber  ernfteftcn  S'onibinationen.  €ie 
miff  en,  an  rocldjem  £ofe  id)  lebe.  Hftan  entgieiit  mir*  ben 
(Sinflufe,  ber  mir  aU  Sanbe^nmtter  gebufyrt.  $)er  ®b'nig 
5  (jot  fid)  mit  ^erfonen  umgeben,  bie  ifyn  Don  mir  entfernt 
fjalten.  SSie  roirb  bicfe  ©efcflfcfjaft  Don  ®orporaten  unb 
iffiad)tmeiftern  meinen  tieferrcogenen  $fan  aufne^men?  2Bif 
tuerb'  id)  ben  tonig  felbft  geftimmt*  finben  in  einer  Slnge- 
legen^eit,  bie  fiir  ba§  (SJIiid  feiner  ^inber,  ben  9hif)m  feineg 
10  ^paufe^  entfdjeibenb  ift?  @et)en  @ie  ba,  $rtnj,  ben  ^5unft, 
njo  id)  fiifyte,  ba§  id)  etne§  9J?anne§  Don  Qfjrem  @d;arffinn, 
^t)rer  Seobad^tungggabe  bebarf,  um  311  luiffen,  roaS  id)  l^offen 
barf  ober  (entfdjioffen)  roenn  eg  fein  fofl  —  toa§  idj  wag  en 


15        @r&torinj.    @g  foU   meine  eifrigfte   (gorge  fein,  ba§ 

3Jertrauen  @ro.  S^ajeftdt  ju  red)tfertigen.  (-^eifette.)  ^)immel      ! 

®6nigin.    60  erfab/ren  @te   benn   etne  tm  ge^eimen 

bereit^  abgefdjtoffene  93erb,anbfung  ,  an  metier  fid)  famtttdje 

ndd)fte   2InDertimnbte  unfer§  ^>aufe§  bereitS  beteiltgt  Ijaben 

20  unb  in  roeldje  id)  nun  aud)  @ie,  ben  $reunb  meine§  (So^nel, 
permit  fetertid)  eintueilje*.    SReine  Softer  njirb*  bie  ®o^ 
martin  metneS  9ieffen,  be§  s$rin§en  Don  28ate§,   unb  fomit 
bie  ftinftige  ^onigin  Don  ©nglanb!     OQeibe  [tctien  auf.) 
©rb&rtnj      (beifette).      ©djone  S'oncurrenj  ba§! 

25        ,^o  nig  in.     <Sie  fe^en,  ^Srinj,  tDa§   auf  bem  8pie(e 

fte^t*!  SSoIIen  @ie  e§  iiberneiimen,  biefe  njid^tige,  fiir  ©uropa 

bebeutung§Dotte  grage  mit  meinem  ®emaf)l  §u  Dermitteln*? 

(Srbprinj.    3^?  SBermitteln  ?  3Wit  —  mit  ^ergnugen, 

ajJajeftat!     (Seifeite.)   3lbfdjeulid)e  ^ommiffion. 

30  ®0nigin.  9iun  benn,  fo  beginnen  (Sic!  3)er  §8nig 
!ommt.  @ie  roerben  fid)  i^m  Dor)te8en.  Senu^en  <S:e  ben 
gflnftigen  Slugenblicf,  ifm  auf  feiue  3Keiuung*  ub:r  ben 


Muftritt  VI.]  3opf  unb  <acf)toert.  10 

Xfyron  Don  ©ngtonb  ju  brhigen,  unb  tcilen  @tc  mir  bann 
unoerjuglidj*  3^re  SRefuItate  nut! 

(£  r  b  $  r  i  n  5.    3d)  bin  fo  iiberrafd&t  Don  biefer  —  eljren* 
iiu'rten  SBenbung  —  SSarn  barf  id)  @ro.  9J?ajefta't  aufroarten*? 

®  o  n  i  g  i  n.    $u  i&w  Qnt  am  Itebften  beg  2lbenb§,  too    5 
fid)  tra^renb  ber  Q^ncn  gef^ilberten  ©efeflfc^aft  be§  ®6nig§ 
moine  ©etreuen*  in  afler  ©title  urn  mid)  toerfantmetn.   Seben 
©ie  mof)(,  lieber  ©rbprinj  »on  --  toon  —  fief)',  fief/,   f)Qt 
in  em  ©ofjn  tiergeffen  311  fd^reiben,  ob  @ie  einft  2In§bac^  ober 
Stiireutfj  befomnten  tuerben!   9Kan  tierrtjecfjfelt*  unmet  btefe  10 
fleiiten  Ourftentunter  —  SlnSbad)  nnb  iBatreutf),   Saireutf) 
unb    9In§bad),  jatrofjl,  lieber  ©rb^rinj  Don  —   2ln§barf)! 
?Ufo :    s^reu§en,  §annooer  unb  ©ngtanb  1   (36  mtt  ftoljer  ^erafts 
laffmifl  jur  ©ette.) 


16 

Taitn 


(Srbbrinj  (anctn).  5)ie  fiinftige  S'omgtn  Don  ©ngtonb? 
Unb  id)  ber  ©rbtorinj  Don  2tn§bad^!  S)o§  mar  ein  grau* 
famer  (S^tag  be§  §immet§.  Sty,  \$  fold  ber  SSermittter 
biefer  SSeltbegebenfjetten  *  merben?  $)ie3  engefgfeidje  SBefen,  20 
ba§  id)  mit  jebem  Sttemjuge  fjeifeer,  feuriger  liebe,  bie  fjolb* 
fctige  (S^iDefter  metneS  griebrid;,  fie  fott  ein  Dpfer  potitifd^cr 
tabafen  fein?  9iein,  fie  fann  ben  ^rinsen  Don  SBaleS  nid)t 
Itcben,  fie  fjat  i^n  ja  nie  gefetjen.  SIber  wirb  man  fie 
fragen?  SBtrb  bie  fatte  ^Solitif  if)rem  Jperjen  ®efj6t  26 
fdjenfen*?  ---  S)ie  ^Sarabe  fd§eint  ju  @nbe.  S)ie  Suite 
nafjert  fidj  bem  ©djtopof.  Unmogftcf)  lann  id)  je^t  in  biefet 
aufgeregten  ©timmung  bem  ^5nige  begegnen  —  (fieijt  $$  na<5 
einem  3lusrocge  urn). 

a* 


20  8°Pf  w«b  ©djmert. 


(nut  etnem  grofeen  93udje  unb  Ijtnterm  Dljr  etnt 
geber,  tottt*  jur  Sonigin). 

@rbprin$  (betfeite).     SBer  ift  ba§? 
(50er§mann  (fteljt  ben  Srbprtnjen  toon  oben  6t8  unten  an,  ge^t 
6  bann  etntge  ©djritte  toetter  unb  fcleibt  toieber  fte^en). 

@rbprin§   (betfette).     ©oUtc*    man    mi^    Beobad^tet 
^aben? 

(SoerSmaitn   (ge^t  jut  S^iir  bet  Somght  unb  6Ietbt  hJteber  ftefjcn, 
tnbem  er  ben  (Srbprtnjen  fted)  betradjtet). 

10  erbprinj.  S33a§  fte^t  @r*  mic^  fo  on?  3c^  bin  bet 
Srbprinj  Don  Satreutb,. 

@DCr§mann   (bleibt  gletdjgutttg,    ge^t  etntge  ©djrttte  bor,  ber= 
beugt  ftdj  unbebeutenb  unb  fagt:)  @c.  9Jiajeftdt  fomnten  foeben  Don 
ber  ^Sarabe,  geben  aber  in  biefem  Qimmex  feine  31ubicnj. 
15        erb^rinj.    %$  banle  %$m  fur  bie  Slugfunft. 
(StjerSmann.    ^tc^t  llrfac^e. 
(Srb^rinj.    SSer  ift  (Sr  benn? 
@der§mann.    3^?  (Sangere  ^aufe.)    3c^   bin  (Soerg* 
mann.    (3lb  jur  Sontgtn.) 

20  (Srbprinj.  ®Der§mann?  SBteHeic^t  ber  gtnansmtnifter 
ober  ber  ^auSlofmetfter?  3)ie  (Sparfomfeit  fieljt  i^m 
menigftenS  au§  oflen  ®nopf(ocb,ern  ^eraug.  (SKau  ^ort  bid)t  an 

bent  ^intern  §aupteinflange  Xrontnteln  unb  ba3  ^Jrafentieren  toon  ©erocljren.) 

$er  ^ontg  fommt?  3)er  ^onig!  S33te  fii^t*  td^i  mtc^  nur 
25  ptofcltdj  fo  bcengt*,  fo  jagb,aft?  Sntfinft*  mir  benn  ber 
9Kut,  biefer  SOJertoiirbigfeit  beS^Q^wn^ert^entgegenjutreten? 
gc^  ttufl  ib,n  boc^  Iteber  erft  »on  ber  (Seite  abwarten.  (ffit 
ftelU  fu^  bidjt  an  bie  S^itt  lints  ton 


Slutuitt  V1I.1  3opf  unb  ®d)t»ett  21 


Stebenter  Auftrttt 

Tier  ftoittg  (filter  ber  ©acne).    $>er  @rtyriit§.    Stann  ®»er§man». 
©piiter  bie  ^outfltn  itnb  tie  ^rinsefftit  SBtHjelmine. 

(@3  erfolgt  an  ber  Sljur  em  ftarleS  JHopfen  mit  einem  ©tod.) 

(£  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.    £erein  ! 

®  o  n  i  g  (fitter  ber  ©jene).     (gDergmann  ! 

Srbprinj.    2Ba§  ift  benn*  ba^  nun  ttrieber? 

ft  6  n  i  g   (fcfilagt  tuieber  fefjr  ftarl  mit  bent  ©tod  an  bie  Sljur). 


$fy  glaube  bag  <S(^to^  ift  betjejt*!  (@d)iupft  JQ 

in  bie  Sfjiir  red)t8.) 

§onig  (tiopft  nod)  ftarfer).  ^5rt  @r  benn  nid§t,  @tjer3* 
maun  ? 

@Der§mann  (fommt  fd)neC  toon  ber  f  b'nigin  jurud).  3Wajeftat, 
e§  ift  ja  auf*.  16 

(Srbprins    (beifette).    a^ajeftat?   ift    bag   ber 

ft1  0  n  t  g  (bratifeen  auf  bem  Somber,  aber  nid)t  511  fe^en). 

b  eigetjen  !  SKetfe  @r  benn,  (Soer^niann,  ba^  ^eute  ber  grojje 
9teoifion§tag  ift? 

(StjerSmann.    S^ofJI,  SKojeftat.    3^  foHationiere  *  20 
auci)  eben  bie  83iic^er  3^rer  Sftaiefttit  ber  ^onigin! 

^6  nig  in  (tritt  fjordjenb  unb  furdjtfam  ^erau§).  !^ft  bad  btC 
©timmc  be§  ftonigS? 

^5  nig  (brazen).  (Soergmann,  fag'  @r  bod^  bem  @dE)Iofe* 
meifter*  :  -ftacf)  elf  U^r  ift  bet  ntetner  grau  gcierobenb  *,  unb  25 
toenn  eg  nodj  5fter§  oorfommt,  ba^  t^  bei  ifjr  big  @in  ll^r 
narf)  aJiitternad^t  Sidjt  fe^e,  fo  !omm'  id^  mat  in  ber  9lad)t 
mit  ®todfenf(^tag  jtrotf   §ier  fjeriiber  unb  unterfud^e  jeben 
SBinfet,  Wag  f)ier  fiir  potitifdje  9lanfe  gefcfymtebet  *  tuerben. 
.@ag'  @r'g  tieber  metner  fjrau  felbft,  b/ort  (£r?  2)amit  fie  30 
fid§  banacf)  gu  ricftten* 


22  3°»>f  unb  Sdpert.  (*ufjng  I 


35amtt  fie  fid)   banadfj  ju  rtrfjten  tyat! 
S'onigin  (ftdj  5urtt<tjidjcnb).   ©tenber  8f(aoe!    (2lb.) 
(Srbprinj  (beifeite).    SBirb  er  benn  jefct  gefjen? 
®6nig  (brazen).    (Soergmann  ! 
(£t>er§mann.    Qftajeftat  — 
Sf  6  n  t  g  (braujjen).  ^>6r'  (£r,  unb  ge^'  @r  bann  bor§  jlueite  * 

ju  metner  Xod^ter,  ^rtnjeffin  SStlljetmine  - 
2&il^elmine  (trttt  letfe  auf). 
SoerSmann.     3^  fontgtic^en  §o^eit. 
10       ftonig  (braufeen).  Unb  fag'  @r  i^r,  fie  fottte  fid§  in  ad)t 
ne^men*,  ber  Sa^orpe  —  ba§  mare  ein  @pt|bube  - 
SBHiielnune  \  Sa^arpe. 

©rbprina       /  (         ite)"   SBa§  ift  ba§? 
^6  nig.    5Der  Sa^arpe  ift  ein  ©pifcbube,  fag*  id^. 
15       @oer§mann.    ©ptfcbiibe. 

S1  5  n  t  g  (btaufeen).    2)em  ^ronprinjen,  fog'  @r  bag  metner 

Xodjter,    ttriirb*   ic^    anftreic^en,  *   fran^ofifc^e  SSagabunben 

Jjierfjer  ju  fd^tcEen,  bte  fic§  fitr  feine  @prac§maitre§  *  auggeben 

unb  Ijintennadj  nic^t§   anbere§  finb    ate  ganj    geroo^nltdje, 

20  niebertrdc^tige  ^Serudfenntacfjer  ! 

28  1  1  b,  e  (  m  i  n  e  (im  3fb9ei)en).    3tbf  dgeuticfc,  !     («b.) 
®rbprinj  (beifette).    ^eriicfenmadjer? 
S1  5  n  t  g  (braufeen).  &%t  reoibier'  @r  wieber  bie  Stec^nungen. 
(SoerSmann.    $iinfttirf)ft  beforgt*,  2JJajeftat. 
25        S'Onig  (braufeen).    (SoerStnann,  nod^  @in§*!  (Soer^mann! 
(Sder^mann.     9JJajeftat? 

^5  nig.    Unb   roenn  @r  ben  ©rbprinjen  toon  Saireutij 
fteb.t  — 

©rbprinj  (beifcite).    ^ommt  bie  SRettje  audg  on  mid^*? 
80        S'dnig.     ®en  franjofifc^en  SBinbbeutel,    ber   fidj   feit 
geftern  ^ier  in  ^Berlin  {(erumtretbt  - 

(beifeite).     ©djone  Sb^arafteriftif*! 


ttnftvitt  VII.]  gopf  unb  <Sd)toert.  23 

(SberSmann.    (Sw.  Sftajeftftt  tootten  if)n  nicfjt  anneljmen, 
roerb'  iclj  fagen. 

©rbprinj  (fceifeite).    ©cfjurle! 

®6nig  (brmtfeen).    Sftein,  (SderSmann  ,  fag'  (5r  iljm,  idj 
Ijatte  ifym  etttiaS  233id)ttge§  mttjuteilen,  ettoaS  fefirSSertrauIid^eg,    5 
tjort  @r  — 

©rbprinj  (6etfette).    2fttr  etrt)a§  SSertrauttdE)e§? 

Sfintg.    3fn  einer  fel^r  preffanten  3tngetegen^eit  — 

(£  0  e  r  §  m  a  n  n.    2Ic^  fo,  id§  loei§  fd§on  — 

®onig.    @r  ftei^  fd^on?   28a§  weifj  @r  benn?    ©or  10 


Soergmann.    %fy  meinte,  man  ffinntc  t)ielletc§t  fdjon 
erratcn  — 

^onig  (tmmer  braufjen).    ©rtaten?   2Ba§  {)at  @r  511  t*s 
raten?   ®ar  ni(^t§  Ijat  @r  511  erraten  —  toerfteljt  (Sr  mid§?  15 
(Stnfalt^infet  *  !     (Sommanbiert.)     ©c^uttert    ba§ 


ber  fid)  fogletdj  berltert.) 
@  r  b  p  r  t  n  J    (fommt  fdjneU  jurud  aitf  eocrSmann  ju). 

roiffen  @te?    28a§  glauben  <§ie,  ba§  ber  ^ontg  mir  511  20 
fagen  ^at? 

(Soergmann.    Si,  et,  @ro.  |>o^ett  finb  nocfy  ^ter? 
@  r  b  p  r  t  n  5.    $)er  ^onig  miinf  c|t  midg  §n  fpredjen.    @te 
ttJtffen  tuegfjatb?    Sagen  @te,  n>a§  oermuten  @ie? 

®oer§mann.    SBenn  @te  mid§  nt6§t  oerraten*  tooflen,  25 

fo  glaub'  id),  @te  foflen  in  einer  genriffen  Slngetegen* 
—  jtt)ifd)en  ^reufjen  unb  iDfterreic^  — 
©rbprinj.    £)fterreidj  ? 

(SoerSmann.   ©rj^er^og  Seopolb*  fofl  nid)t  abgeneigt 
,  roiffen  ©ie,  toenn  nam(i<^  —  (PftfPa*  auf  bas  Simmer  ber  30 

geigenb)   ^rinjefftn 
@  r  b  p  r  i  n  5  (fid)  ftcicjcmb).  3)ie 


24  8°Pf 

(StterSmann.    @t!   Sftan   ttrirb   <§ie   oermutticb 
Unterfjanbler  ober  SBerntittler  in  etner  Stngelegen^eit 
^reufeen  unb  — 

©rbprinj  (aufeer  fi4).  S)ie  ^rinjeffin  ware*  beftinttnt  - 
6        ©derSmann.   3ur  funftigen  ®ai[erin  Don  ^fterretc^*! 
(SI6  JUT  ffomgtn.) 

©rbprinj  (anein).    ^atfertn?!  ^onigtn?!  Unb  id),  ber 
id;  fie  bi§  jum  9lafenbtt)erben  *  liebe,   idj  fott  ber  SSermittter 
bie[er   ^artie   roerben?    2)a8  fii^rt  ja   gerabeit)eg§  in  ein 
10  Xrauerfpiel  ober  —  (SRacij  etner  ?paufe,  Better.)    SDlut !  9J?ut  — ! 
id)  benfe  in  etne  S'omobie,  toie  fie  an  einem*  |>ofe  tuftiget 
nidjt  gefpielt  morben  ift!  (8tb.) 

fffidt) 


ARGUMENT  TO  ACT  II. 

The  King  is  informed  through  a  courier  from  the 
Hanoverian  Court  that  England  is  seriously  thinking  of 
the  marriage  between  the  Princess  and  the  Prince  of  Wales, 
and  that  the  latter,  preceded  by  an  ambassador  travelling 
incognito,  is  on  his  way  to  Berlin.  This  important  secret 
escapes  him  in  the  interview  with  the  Prince  of  Baireuth 
to  whom  he  entrusts  the  necessary  wedding-arrangements. 
This  latter  unexpectedly  meets  in  the  English  ambassador 
an  old  friend  who  is  much  indebted  to  the  Prince  for  past 
favours ,  and  explains  the  delicate  mission  on  which  he  is 
sent  to  the  Prussian  Court,  and  how  it  all  depends  on  a 
commercial  treaty  agreeable  to  England  being  accepted  by 
the  King. 

The  Prince  communicates  these  political  intrigues  and 
negotiations  to  the  Princess  who  promises  to  meet  him  in 
lieu  of  the  French  Master  who  has  been  found  out  and 
banished  from  Berlin.  But  just  when  she  is  about  to  leave 
for  the  appointed  rendez-vous  she  is,  by  command  of 
the  King,  placed  under  strict  surveillance  in  her  own  apart- 
ments for  having  received  the  French  Master  sent  her  by 
the  Crown  Prince. 


Jroeiter 


beS  JtontsS.    Ctnfg  bom  3ufcf>auer  eine  ©eitentljur.    SKUtelttjSfc 
BrbettStifa.    Stifle. 


6  ®r(ler  Anftrttt 

©rumbfow  unb  ©erfcnborf  treten  mtt  (Sucrcmann  cm  (&er  etn 

orangenfarbcnc§  grofee^  Drbensbanb  mil  bielen  Drben  unb  eincn  glati^enben 

S)egen  ii6et  bem  8[rm  tvagl). 

©rumbfolu.    Sine  SDefiefc^e*,  @Dcr§mann? 
10       ©ecfenborf.    Slu§  ^annoder,  fagten  @te? 

®  r  u  m  6  f  o  to.    Unb  ber  ©toat  *  bo  ?  3)a8  Drben§banb  ? 


2lnfunft  ber 
oon  @t.  SUtojeftot  beftettt 

15  @ccfenborf.  Sine  2)epefdje  au§  ^annoocr  —  dor 
einct  ©tunbe  angefommen  —  grand  cordon*  befteflt  — 
©taotsbegen  *  --  roir  ntiiffen  f  ombinieren  *,  ©rumbfottj. 

@  o  e  r  §  in  a  n  n.    llnb  bie  Xafel  ift  fieute  um  jjootf 
ocrts*  uerine^rt;  (bebeutenb)  36  Xfjafer*  finb  fiir  ben 
20  tifrfj  auj^eie^t;  atte^  jotl  en  grande  parure  erfcfieinen. 

@edenborf.     Sine  SJepefdje   ift   ou§  ^onnouer  orge- 


Jtuftritt  II.]  gopf  wib  <5cf)toert.  27 


fommen  —  grand  cordon  —  (gtaatsbegen  —  Jtt)8tf 
oertS  —  36  Xfyater     -  rotr  muff  en  combiniren,  ($rumbforo. 

SoerSmann.     llnb  ati  er  ba§  Siegel*  Don  ber  S)e= 
pefrfje  abgeriffen,  ba  b,at  er  jtuei  fd)tuere  Xfyranen  oergoffen  unb 
gefagt:   3d)   Witt  fie   ja   afle  gliicftic^  mac^en  unb  fottt'  id^    5 
mit^olben*  breinfd)Iagen  * !  llnb  nun  tft  er  in  geuer*  unb 
glammen  unb  toitt  ganj  Berlin  ju  Xifdje  laben  — 

®rumbfote.    gur  36  Xb^ater? 

(SoerSntann.  llnb  bie  SBaifenfinber  foflen  neu  ge- 
fleibet  toerben  -  10 

©rumbfott)  (betroffen).  3lud)  nod)  bieSBaifenftnber?  5)a§ 
tft  eine  SSerma^tung§gefd)td)tcl 

(Secfenborf.     5)epefd)e  —  ^annooer  —   36  £b,a(er 
-  jnjei  X^ranen  —  mit  ^olben  breinfd)lagen  —  man  mufj 
nur  fombiniren,  ®rumbfott).  16 

(S&erSmann.  3d)  glaube,  er  fommt.  (grf^rocfen.)  2)er 
^ontgl 

Broetter  Auftrttt 

2)cr  Rontfl  (sut  S^ur  toon  ber  ©cite  fyeretnfeljenb).  2)te  Sortgcn. 

^6 nig.  (Suten  2Jforgen,  guten  2Korgen!  28iinfd)e*  roob,! 
gerub,t  ju  b,aben,   metne  ^erren!  ^un,   too  bteibt  (£r  benn  20 
mit  bent  Settelftaat  *  ?  2)a    feb,ten    ja  nod)  bie   englifdjen 
Orben  -  -  Sinb'  @r  mir  gleid)   afle§  feft ,  bafj  einem  ber 
^Jtunber*  nid)t  fo  am  Seib  b,erumfd)ten?ert  *. 

(SderSmann  (f^erjenb).  (So  roa§ *  ©rojje§  ift  im  SBerfe ? 
SBiinfdjen  ®ro.  9JJaieftat  nid)t  audj  bie  Srone?  25 

^6 nig.  sJiarr!  S)ie  ^rone!  (Xritt  ^etaus.)  ®ei  (5r  frob,, 
ba§  (Sr  fie  nid)t  ju  tragen  braud)t!  ®ety  @r  je^t,  (Stier^ 
mann,  bring'  (£r  afleS  in  Drbnung. 

@t>er§mann  (ab). 

^5 nig    (feljr  erreflt.)    ®uten    9Korgen,  ©rumbfott)    unb  30 


28  Sopf  unb  ScfyoeTt.  [3tufa«fi 


(gerfenborf  !  $ab*  Ijeute  feme  3eit.  @agen  <5ie  bem  preufcifdjen 
Staat  ein  ®omptunent  unb  er  foflte  midj  Ijeut  einmal  in 
SHufje  laffen.  ©uten  SJJorgen,  guten  3Jiorgen!  (®ie  beiben 
2)tini(tet  tooHen  ftcf)  jogernb  cmpfe^Ien.) 

6       (Sritmbf  oto  (an  bet  $f)Ur).  (5to.  aJJajeftot  finb  in  einer 
ganj  befonber§  fro^tic^en  Caune  - 

(Secfenborf.    @oflte  Dtetteic^t  bie  Slnfunft  be§  ^urierg  — 
®  o  n  i  g  (gieic^giiitig).    %a  —  e§  iftein  Gutter  ange!ommen  — 


10        ^5  nig.    2lu§ 

©erfenborf.    SSon  SBtc^tigleit,  ^ajeftat? 

tSntg.    SSon  SBttytgfeit. 

©rumbfon).    SSafirjc^eintic^  iiber  engtijd^e  3lnge(egen* 
^etten? 
15        ^5  nig.     fiber  englifdje  Slngelegen^eiten  — 

©ecfenborf.  ^fic^ft  luatjr  jd^einlic^  iiber  ben  oftinbifc^en 
$anbel§trattat*? 

Jtfinig.    9lein,  nein. 

©rumbfottj.    liber  ben  $ottfinbtfdjen  @d^iff§t)ertrag? 

20         ^*5nig  (ft^  an  bet  5Reugier  Betber  loeibinb*).  @0  tt)a§*.  ©Uten 

SKorgen  ! 

©rumbfoto  (beifeite.)  ^eute  tuieber  eine  ganj  bef^erate 
Saune  — 

©ecfenborf  (6eifeite  im  Sfbge^en).  36  Xljafer  —  )tt)5(f 
26  S'ouDertS  —  bie  SBatfenfinber  —  man  ntu&  nur  fombiniercn. 
(Scibe  at).) 

Dritter  ^uftritt 

®cr  Konig.  Sann  GoerSmann. 

S  5  n  i  g.    Sort  finb  fie  !  ©nbtid^  etn  5lugenbtidf  fiir  tnidj 
80  ntlein. 

Soer^mann  (tritt  etn). 


aitfttitt  HI.)  Sopf  unb  <5d)tt>crt.  29 

$0 nig.     3d)  bin  ubermenfrfjlid:)  gtiirfftcfj. 

(SderSmann.     ®ratultere  untertljanigft. 

ft 8 nig.     Sanfe     $a,  ben!'  (Sr  fid)  —  ja  jo  —  (betfeite) 
niemanb  fofl'3  ja  miffen. 

(SoerSmann.     SBodten*  fid)  nid)t   @to.  2ttaieftat  — 

ft  6  n  i  g.    Umfteiben  ?  3teb/  (Sr  mir  ben  Sftocf  au§ 
foff  gefpart  roerbcn.     9ftan  fott  ID  iff  en,  ba§  id^  einen 
^obe;  man  fott  loiffen,  bafe  ic^  nur  gerod^nlic^  geijtg  bin, 
fonft  aber  auc^  braufge^en  laffen*  fann,  toenn  fid^  baju  cine 
®elegenb,eit  bietet,  eine  ®elegent)eit  ttiie  jefct,  too  e§  fid§  —  10 
(ficrau§piafcenb)   ben!'  @r  fid^,  @oer§mann  —  (beftnnt  fl(^  toiebet) 
ja  fo! 

@Der§mann     (jte^t  bent  flSmg  ben  9iod  ou§).      ajiojeftSt 
merben  bod§  wofyl*  bie  geftidEte  Uniform  anjieljen? 

ft o nig.    S)ic  gefticEte  Uniform,  @Der§mann.    Siaturtic^,  15 
id9  ertnarte  ©oftc,  benen  man  (S^re  er$eigen  mu^,  gro§e  @^rc; 
benn  irf)  ben!e  immer,  toenn   e§   fief)  urn  bie  Stnfunft  Don 
^5erfonen  —  (fe^t  fid)).    Qiety  (£r  mir  bie  ©ttefetn  aitS! 

(£oer§mann  (fdjictt  fid)  baju  an*.    ®§  ge^t  fd)toer). 

ft o nig.    28ar  ber  (£rbprin$  fc^on  ba?  20 

®Der§mann.  9Jiac^en  @».  SKaieftat  feinettoegen  fo  Die! 
Umftanbe? 

ftonig.    ©einethjegen?  SBtetteidjt!  (Setfeite.)  3d^  loitt  fie 
afle  irrefuiiren.    (2aut.)   Slu!   gteget,   nietne   ^ii^neraugen ! 
3c^  gtaube  gar*,  @r  raid  mir  abfic^tltc^  tue^e  tf)un,  Weil  25 
ic^  —  ^b/m  nic^t§  fage? 

@oer8mann.    SJiajeftat,   id)  Ijabe  ja  noc^  gar  nid)t 
gefragt! 

ftonig.    3d)  tt)uW  ^b/n    aud§  bei  gragen*!  SBarum 
fad)t  @r  benn?  ^>e?  $ol'  (Sr  mir  meinen  @d§Iafrodf,  bi2  tie  30 
Uniform  ba  ift  — 

@0er3mann 


30 

^6  nig.    £eba!  toarum  b,at  (£r  dorb,in  gefadfjt? 
(SderSmann.  2ld)  —  bt£  *  icb,  @tt).  9ftajeftat  ben  £ut  in 
bie  £>anb  gegeben  b,abe,  fyaben  <5ie  ntir'S  bod)  gefagt. 

^6  nig  (broijt  ifjm  mit  bem  <£tocf).    @r  unterfte^t  fid)? 
5        (Stoer§mann  (retirierenb).  @§   mnjj  ja  atteS   fyerauS  bii 
@ro.  aJJqeftat.     ©§  gibt  blo^   ein§,  tt)a§  ^ro.  Sftajeftat  gut 
6ei  firf)  betjatten  fonnen,  ba§  ift  ba§  ®etb  —  £>a,  ^a! 
ben  ©rftfafrocf. 


ttterter  ^luftrttt. 

10      ftBnifl  (aHetn  mtb  flfeenb,  in  £embcirmeln).    2)ann  2o!ai  unb  bet 


^5  nig.    @r  ^at  rec^t.    @§  briirft  mir'§  ^erj  ob  *.  5t6er 

fie  fotten  olle  nid^t§  erfob/ren,  fie  fotten  ntd^t!   @ie  b,aben 

ntir  meine  tiebften  ^jSIcine  frfjon  berborben.    %<fy  toitt  anbere 

15  (gaiten   aufjie^en*   nnb    bie  ®amele  atte  'nmol  burc^  etn 

•Kabelofjr  fc^idfen  *.    @ie  gtauben,  icfj  bin  fiir  Ofterreid^,  aber, 

fjalja!    @nglanb§    eigner  5(ntrag   burd§   ben  tjannooerfcfien 

S'nrier  ^at  mic^   uberrafcfjt,  ©ngtanb  ift  bie  ^ee  nteiner 

gran,   fo  bin  ic§   benn  audj  fiir  ©ngtanb  unb  nun  balb 

20  $od)3ett  unb  ®inbtaufe. 

Safot*  (tritt  ein  unb  melbet).     @e.  ^o^eit  ber  @rbprin§ 
toon  SBatreutb,. 

^6  nig.    65an5  gene^m*! 
Safat  (ab). 

25        ©rbprinj  (ttttt  ein,  feeifeite).    <Sinb  ba§  bie  Dimmer  beS 
often  93rummbar§  ?  (Sum  sbnig.)    Qft  ba§  ba§  ^abinett  be§ 


bienen*. 

®eb/  @r  ^inein  unb  metb' 
30  bin  ber  Gnrbptin    tjon 


JJuftritt  V.]  8otf  unb  ©djtoert.  31 

^5  nig  (ftaunenb  beifette).    SBofitr  Ijolt  mid)  ber? 

(Srbprinj.  Slber  tote  ftdjt  (Sir  benn  au§?  ©djant'  ($r 
lid).  @r  ift  ber  ®antmerf)ufar*  be§  ®6nig§  unb  emfcfa'ngt 
f  o  IJkrfonen,  benen  <Sein  ®onig  5Iubienj  geben  roitt? 

®onig.    3Sottten  --  ©ID.  ^otjeit   —   ben  ®6nig  toon    5 


a. 

So  nig.    5)en  SlugenMicf,  ^o^ett.    (SBta  ab.) 

@  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.    @o  tt)ifl  @r  *  511  ©etnem  £errn  ? 
dimeln?  10 

S  6  n  t  g.  3$  fte^  m^  ^em  ®6mg  auf  etnem  f  e  f>  r  tier* 
trauten  gufee!  (2C&.) 

(Srbprinj  (aHetn).  @in  nterfroftrbiger  ^offtaat  ba§!  %n 
ben  3lntic|ambre§  fteb.cn  bie  ®ammert)ujaren  in  ^embarmeln  ! 
^c^  tjermute,  au§  <Sparfamfeit,  nm  bie  Sioreen  ju  fc^onen.  15 

-  3llfo!  3)ie  ©tunbe  ift  ba.    25ie  SSiirfet  tuerben  fallen*. 
ilBtt&.elmine  !    @ie   unb  nur  fie!  —  @ie  fottte  eintoitligen, 
fic^  ntit  bent  gematten  S3ilbe  eine§  ^JSrinjen  don  28a(e§,  mit 
bent   bunten  ©djottenri^  eine§  niegefetjenen  Sr^er^ogS  don 
Ofterrei^  su   dermatjten?   S<^  redone  auf  ben  ®eniu3  ber  20 
Siebe,  auf  ben  3ufa^,  ber  ntir  dietteirfjt  gitnftiger  ift,  at^  ic^ 
ertuarte!    35ie  ©Item  finb  unein§*,  fo  geannn'  irf)  Qtit,  ntir 

-  2Bitb,eIntinen§  ^er^  ju  erobern.    $>er  ^onig  fommt.   Sefet 
werb'  id)  feitte  giinftigen  ?lnfidjten  iiber  —  Ofterreid)  ^oren. 


fuufter  ^uftrttt.  25 

(je^t  ntit  bent  DtbenSbanbe).    1>cr  (fvtiprhts.    Gin  £a!at. 

^5 nig   (tritt  n%r). 

(Srbprtnj  (betrac^tet  tfin).    3ft  bag  ni(f)t  — 

$  b  n  i  9.   $a,  ftu^en  ©ie  nur.  ®tne  Heine  93em>ecb,fefung! 


32 

©rbprinj     (in    SScvieaenijdt).      afteine     Unbefanntfrfjaft, 
3Jtaje|tdt  — 

^6 nig.    feat  nicb,t§  $u  fagen.    2lber  Sie  roaren  fcfjretfltrf) 
grob.    9ia,  bie   ®ammerb,ujaren    trogen    bicfe   $e($e.     2Ufo 
5  —  id)  tounfd)te  @ie  gu  fpredfjen.    2ftein  lieber  (5rbprin$  don 
SBaireutb,  —  fommen  @ie  jefct  eben  oon  53atreutt)? 

erb^rinj.     3u   Sefe^I,   ®ro.  SKajo'tat.     5)a^   f)eifjt, 
Dor  —  dor  brei  Salren  &in  ic^  Don  SBaircut^  abgereift. 

So  nig.    llnb  roaren  —  in  ber  3cit? 
10        ©rbprinj.    3n  —  in  --  gngtanb! 

SSnig.    2Ib,! Sange  in  ©ngtanb? 

(Srbprinj  (6eifette).  3e|t   fottt'  id^  nun   wo^I  bei  tljni 

fiir  £)fterreid)  tuirfen*  unb  ©ngtanb  fc^Ied^t  madjen*?  (2aut.) 

3n  ©ngtanb?    $ml   Sange  genitg,  urn  bie§   oerfe^rte  unb 

15  iiberttnegenb  lac^erlid^e  Sanb  narf)  alien  feinen  ^ejie^ungen 

fennen  ju  ternen. 

SSnig.    SSa§?  (Sngtanb?  $6ren  @ie!  S)a  !5nnen  toil- 
no^  lange  laufen,  bi§  tcir  baljin  ongefommen  [inb,  no  fd^on 
jefct  bie  (Sngtanber  fie^en.    ^>m  —  ^m  —  SSaren  @ie  benn 
20  aucf)  in  Qtalicn,  £)fterreic§,  ba  fo  Return*? 

©rb^rtnj  (beifeite).  3ft  er  benn  fiir  ©ngtanb?  gdg  bente 
fiir  €)fterrei$?  @r  ift  fur  €)fterreirf) !  (Saut.)  Dfterreid;)?  D 
tt»ob,l!  Sine  auSgejeic^nete  9tegierung,  ein  ©eroerbfleifj,  etn 
^anbel,  ein  SSerfe^r,  SBetoegung  unb  Seben  in  alien  f  reifen. 
25  $6 nig.  $oren  @ie,  Sktoegung?  2)ie*  toirb  fid^  in 
Dfterreidj  noc§  tjalten  laffen*. 

Srbprinj  (beifeite).    gft  er  benn  ntc§t  fiir  £)fterreid§? 
gc^  glaube,  id)  infinuier'*  ntic§  gar  nic^t! 

^  o  n  i  g  (beifeite).   @oflf  er  fic^  bereitS  mit  (Secfenborf  unb 

30  ber  ganjen  Slique*   oerftdnbigt  b,aben  unb  ntir  ju  9J2unbe 

reben*  tuoQen?  (L'out.)    ^)iibfc^e»  Sanbc^en  ba,  %fyr  Satreutb,. 

*    S3oben  etroa§  fteinig.   $rtngt  ^^rem  ^ater  mo|I  nid)t  Diet  ein? 


Huftriit  V.j  3opf  unb  Sdjroert.  33 


(£r  boring    9ftan  derbejfert  jefct  bei  un3  ba§  Srbreid). 
<5c6,6ne  geograpfyijdje  SSorurteite! 

So  nig.     3Bob,l   burcb,   bte  Sujtjrfjlofjer  ,   bie  gfor  $err 
$ater  bauen   last?    2Sa§   tjt   nur   bem  SJiann   eingefaflen? 
SBaut  ja  etncn  gir^^anj*  nac^  bem  anbern,  ganj  i  la  Lude-    5 
wig  quatorze,  unb  ftiir^t  fetit  fianb  in  @cb,ulben.    2Bte  Otet 
©ctjutben  l)at  benn  jo  betlaufig  3^  Sdnbc^en? 

(Srbprinj  (bcifeite).    SSetB  ic^  ma^r^afttg  felb[t  nirf)t. 
(5)rcift*.)   3e^n  HKtttionen. 

Slontg.    3eb,n  2Riflionen!  10 

(Srbprtnj.    @troa§  meb,r  ober  tuemgcr. 

.^'6  nig.  ®rofeer  ®ott,  unb  njer  fott  benn  bte*  einmal 
bejab.Ien?  Unb  bei  foWjen  ^ameralDerb.attniffen  *  reifen  @te 
in  (Suropa  Return  unb  tragen  ba§  bifjcfjen  ®etb  ouc^  nod^ 
au§  bem  Sanbe?  15 

©rbprinj.    ©ire,  man  btlbet  fic^. 

^6  nig.  3n  Serfaitteg?  Qn  ^ein^berg  ?  ^un  baruber 
genug,  laffen  tt)ir  ba§.  (^fciftftc^bertanfangbeSS)efyQueraJJarf^e§*.) 
@agen  @ie  mat,  @ie  b,aben  ja  bo  bet  meinem  ©o^n  fo 
manc^mat  in  ber  ^>eibenf  omobie  *  mitgefpielt?  20 

©rbprinj.    SSertrautenroflen*  —  ja,  3Jiojeftot. 

So  nig.  ©ut.  %d)  toottte  roegen  ber  |>eibenfomobie 
mit  Sfynen  fprec^en.  ^rinj,  @ie  finb  ein  3ftann  don  ®t-- 
fc^macf,  roie  man  fagt,  einer,  ber  fo  redjt  ba§  gottlofe  rontijd^e 
unb  grterf)tjd)e  SSejen  inne^at*.  3)a  id)  nun  gefonnen  bin,  25 
bie  93ermab,lung  metner  Xod^ter  mit  jebem  Stufroanb  511 
feiern,  ber  meiner  ®rone'  gejtemt,  jo  roottt'  tdj  @ie  gebeten 
^aben*,  jtc^  mit  meinem  @ob,n  ju  oer  jtanbtgen  *,  nrie  man 
ad^t  Xage  tang  auj  eine  amiijante  unb  grajtoje  Sftanier  bte 
^>5je  Oon  ^oten,  Don  <5a<i)fen,  don  Scaunjc^njeig,  don  2ftedften=  30 
burg,  bie  atte  fyerfommeit  roerben,  unterfjatten  fann  unb  rote 
man  ubert)oupt  mit  unjcrer  ^odbjeit  ©b.re  eintegt*. 

3 


34  8«>J>f  «n&  (Sdjtoert. 


(Srbfcrinj.    $orfiseit  —  3$rer  ^rinseffin  £orf>ter? 
S  o  n  i  g.    %a,  (Srbprinj.   Sanonenfrfjiiffe,  bie  tiefert  meine 
5lrtitterie.  2Kanooer§,  3teDuen,  -^araben,  ba§  ift  meine  ©acfje  ; 
bafiir  foU  geforgt  foerben.    SIber  abenbS,  immer  roerben  mir 
6  ba  bie  fremben  ^errfdjaften  in  ^Berlin  miibe,  ba  ntcfen  [ie 
ein*;   Siertrinfen  unb  Xabafraucfjen  tft  letber  nod^   ntdjt 
jebermannS  @a^e*,  unb  fo  nwfc  man  fcl^on  mit  bem  (Strom 
gefjen  unb  fiir  angemeffene  ttnterfjattiing  forgen  bur^  3Ku= 
mination,  DperaS,  aHegorifd^e   ®e[d^td^ten  unb  bergteid^en 
10  ©cfjmcffrfjnacf*  iiber  —  ^reu^cn  unb  (Snglanb  — 
©rbprinj.     ©ngtanb? 

&8ntg  (fte^t  auf).  SSetter*,  ba§  tft  mir  fo  iiber  bie 
$unge  gelaufen  loic  ber  ^>ofe  iibern*  2Beg!  ^>m!  i<^  meine 
ein  ©peftafufum  oon  —  no,  alfo  tmmerljtn!  —  ja  @in- 
15  fjorn*,  Slbler,  Slbler,  ©inborn,  Seoparben,  immer  ein§  in§ 
onbere,  ^Sreu^ifc^eg  unb  (SnglifdjeS,  unb  gereimt  mu^  e§ 
ou^  fetn,  fojufogen  gebid^tet  — 

©rbprittj.    ©ngtanb?    S)tefe  IRa^ric^t    ift  fo  iiber= 
rafc^enb  —  ba3   ganje  Sanb,  (Suropa,  bie  SKelt  roirb  er= 
20  ftaunen,  nn'e  ©ngtdnb  ju  ber  ©b.re  fommt! 

So  nig.  D^o,  f^mei^eln  @ie  bem  alien  hammer* 
^ufaren  nid^t!  2ftit  ©nglanb  finb  bag  fc^on  alte  ©efc§ict)ten 
unb  oon  meiner  grau  fett  5a^ren  eingefabeft  *. 

(Srbprinj.    SSon  ber  ^b'nigin?  S<^  glaube,  baf;  3^re 
25  2Kajeftat   bie  ®onigtn  —  bei  roeitem    metir  —  fiir  --  fiir 
£)fterreic&,  fein  tt>irb. 

So  nig.  giir  £)fterreic§?  (Seifeite.)  S)a§  fonnt'*  icb 
mir  benfen,  bafj  bie  fc§on  wieber  ib,ren  eignen  SStKen  ^aben 
mu§!  (Saut  unb  entfdjteben.)  S^ein,  ^eut  ^ab'  icb,  etnen  ^urier 
30  Don  unferm  ©efanbten  befommen,  ber  mid§  Derfidiert,  ba§  e^ 
(Snglanb  mit  biefer  im  ftillen  abgefarteten  *  ^eirat  ernft 
ift.  ^)er  ^Jrinj  Don  333ale§  ^at  fic^  in  (Jttfllanb  eingcfdjiff1, 


3tuftrttt  V.]  Sopf  unb  <Scfjh>ert.  36 

unb  man  tiermutet,  ba§  er  berett§  an  ber  Ijiannbuerfdjen  ®iifte 
getanbet  ift.  (Sinftroeiten  ift  tnt  ftrengften  ^nfognito  cin 
33et>oflmad)tigter  Don  Sonbrn  abgegangen,  ber  aHe  ^Sunfte 
biefer  petrol  mit  mir  oerljanbeln  fofl.  3)iefer  ©efanbte 
fiinn  jebe  ©tunbe  in  Berlin  eintreffen.  @ie  roiirben  mid)  5 
u(fo  fefjr  tierbinben  — 

©rbprinj  (in  sBerswetfiung).  Sofl  c§  benn   cin  @^afer* 
[ptel*  fetn? 

^  b  n  i  g.    3a !  Unb  ber  ^ronprinj  fann  babei  bie  glote 
btafen,   bie   er   bod)   nun  mal  ^inter  meinem  SRiirfen  ge*  10 
ternt  ^at. 

©rbprinj   (toitt  ge^en  unb  !ommt  tmeber).   Unb  bie 
fc^aften  fatten  felbft  barin  mttfpieten? 

^6 nig.    5fta   fretli^.    %a\  ©djreiben  @ie  jebem 
511  fagen  tier  *  —  mir  nidjtS.    (Srumbfott)  aber,  ber  jotl  mit*  15 
fpielen,  bie*  SSiered,  bie  (sonnSfelb,  ©erfenborf  aud^  — 

©rbprinj  (ae^t  toteber  juriicf).  (Sngtif^  ober 

®b'nig.    S^ein!   fiauter*  reined  feurige§ 
beutfc^,   oerfte^en  @ie,   nid)t  etma  SBerlinifd^. 
Unb   ttjenn  @te  etroa§  .6ottdnbif(^  babei  anbringen  fonnten,  20 
fo  ttiare  mir  ba§  au§  getDtffen  ^>anbel§riidfid)ten  *  nidjt  un* 
ermiinfd^t,  ba  e§  bodj  in  bie  ^eitungen  fommt  unb  ber  fyol* 
lanbifc^e  ©efanbte  jugegen  ift  —  bie  ®infuf)r  be§  ZabaU 
miiffen  —  @ie  namltd)  roiffen*;  (ins  Df»r  unb  mit  bent  ©efms  be8 

rauc^en  fann  ber  feine  £err*  tuob^t  nic^t?  25 

®  r  b  p  r  i  n  j  (wrjtoeifeinb).  5)a§  nidjt,  SKajeftat,  aber  meine 
bie  b  amp  ft  fdjon  roie  ein  SSuIfan! 

Safat  (tritt  ein).  2)ie  ©eb^eimen   9tate*    bitten  bringenb 
(Sro.  9JJajeftdt  urn  gnd'btgeS  ©eb.br*. 

S'onig.    $)ie*  mu^  bie  JJieugier  ptagen!  9la  mat  Ijer*  30 
ein*  mit!  (Safai  ab.)  ?l(fo  rote  gefagt:  Stttegorifd)e  @jntf)ata* 

mien*!  TOc^t  fo  ganj  in  ber  Stonier  Don  SSerfaitte^,  aber 

3* 


38  8<>Pf  »"&  ©djtoert.  [Xuf  jug  n. 

bocf)  em  ^olterobenb  *,  bet  ficfj  toor  benen  ba  briiben  *  in  — 
id)  mehte  in  $5re§ben  —  nirfjt  ju  feb,r  311  oerftecfen  braudjt 
Unb  |)oUanb!  SSringen  <Ste  tnir  ja  etroaS  oon  ben  ^oto* 
nteen  —  tion  bent  Sanb  an,  (Srbprtnj,  tt)0  ber  Xabof  itmdjft 
5  @ie  ttJtffen  boc^  —  e§  ift  bag  Sanb  — 

Crbprini  (aufeer  ftc^.)  28o  ber  ^feffer  luac^ft*!  (».) 

Sctt|(!er  Attftritt. 

@rnmlilott>  unb  ©erfenborf  (jebcr  nut  einem  fletnen  ^ad  rotgefiunbenet 
93iid)er  unterm  arm).  SiJutg,  bann 


10        ©rumbfotu.    TOajeftat  fatten  ju  ®naben*,  joUte  man 
gtauben,   ba&  tm  ©c^oB   ber   fOntgtt^en  gamilie  jo  uner« 
im  SSerfe  maren*! 

SBa§  gtbt'3  benn  fc^on  toteber? 
©rumbforo.    (Sto.  2Kajeftat  h)iffen  beretts  toon  bent 
15  granjofen,.  ber  o^ne  Segitimation  auf  ben  @tra§en  53erlin§ 
Ijerumtief  unb  fic^  fogar  jit  fagen  erbretftete  *,  er  toiirbe  at§ 
@pracb,mattre    bei  ^Srinjejfin  SSil^etmine  angefietlt  roerben. 
^5  nig.     '*  ift  etn  ^eriufenmarfjer  an§  Orleans. 
©ecfenborf.    Slber  man  ift  auf  toeitere  ^ombinationen 
20  gefotnmen,  ajiajeftat.     9J?an  b,at  bei  biefem  3}?enfc|en  Sucker 
gefunben,  bie  einen  gefab,rlicb,en  ^ufommenb/ang  mit  9lb,etn3* 
berg  oorauSfe^en  laffen  — 

(Srumbfoto.     iibergeugen   fid^  ©ro.  SJiajeftat.    Xiefe 
unfittttc^en  fransfififc^en  ©i^rtften  tragen  famtlicb,  bie  S^tffre  * 
85  @r.  ^o^eit  beS  Sronprinjen. 
©etfenborf.    F.  P.  R. 
©runtbfott).     Frederic  Prince  Royal! 
$6  ttig  (want  jormg  auf*,  ntmmt  einS  ber  23iidjer  unb 
©der^mann  (rommt). 
80        ®bnig.     @Dcr§mann!  (TOit  ^at^os.)    9)lcine 


HuftrtttVI.]  3opf  unb  <Sd)»ett.  37 


(ab-  flefjvt  fogleidj  mit  bcm  berlangten  arofjen  ©lafe, 
ba§  jebocf)  nictjt  jum  Stiiffc^cn  ift,  Mtriicf). 

®6nig.     £>er  ®eneralfi§fal*  foil  bie  ^apiere  be§  Sanb* 
ftretcfyerS*  auf§  genaufte  unterfurfjen.     $5$  will  feine  fran« 
jofifcfjen  ^of[enrei§er  *  im    Sanbe  --  (Sicfjt  cinS  ber  Sucker  an.)    5 
3)er  ©tempel*  be§  ^rorprin^en!  Slber  nein!  netn!  £>er  ^aga* 
bunb  ^at  fie  itjm  grfto^ten! 

©  r  u  m  bf  o  ro.    Ober  fie  finb  fiir  ben  Unterrid^t  ber  $rin* 
jeffin  SBil^etmtne  facftimmt  — 

®ontg.    Xiefc§  ®enre*  Oon  SBiicfjern!  ©otdje  fronts*  10 
ftfc^e.—  fiefy'!  fic^'l  2)a§  ift  —  ba§  ift  ja  too^t  gar  ber  ab* 
frfjeutic^e  Ionian  oon  bem  bucftigen*  ©carron,  bem  ®ema^I 
ber  faubern  2)^abame  2^aintenon,  bie  berii^tigte  ©atire  auf 
unfern  ^>of. 

®rumbfoto  unb  @oer§ntann.    Unfern  ^>of?  15 

®  6  n  i  g   (bifittert).  ©tne  Satire  auf  un§  afle,  auf  mi(^,  auf 
©edenborf,  auf  ©rumbfon),  auf  (SoerSmann   — 
©toerSmann.    5tuc^  auf  mid^? 

50  nig   (craft).    3)er  ^ronprinj  b^at  atte§   unterftrirfjen, 
bamit  man's  beffer  oerfteb,t.    @in  9Karf(^aH   mit  bem  Set*  20 
namen  le  Chicaneur.    @ie  njtffen  boc§,  ba§  fotlen  @ie  fein, 
©runtbfolo  ? 

©rumbfom.    (Smporenb  ! 

^  6  n  i  g.     5)er  5lmbaffabeur  Vicomte  de  la  Rancune  ntit 
bent   Seinamen:    le   petit  combinateur  ;    ©ecfenborf,    ba3  25 
finb  @ie. 

©edenborf.    SS6Iferrerf)t§n)ibrig*! 

51  B  n  i  g.    llnb  @oer§mann,  ben  nennt  er  ttnmer  la  Ra- 
piniere.    S)a§  ^ei§t  fo  triel  at§  ,,ber  alte  9iimmerfatt*I" 

(StoerSmann.    S)er  9tacfer*!   Unb  fo%  Siidjer  !om*  30 
men  in§  Sanb  ^erein  unb  roerben  noc^  orbentlid)  t»om  S'ron* 
geftempett? 


38  3opf  wnb  Sdjtoert.  t*«feufl  H. 

ft  b  u  t  g.  $ft  SBit^etmine  betettigt  —  e3  ttmre  empflrenb. 
£cr  ®enernlfieftil  foQ  afle§  ftreng  itnterfnd)en.  (3m  Sufeetften 
Sorn.)  3ft  benn  fiir  midj  fein  rugger  Slugenblicf  radg(id§! 

6ocr«mann.    9)?aieftat,  bte  gottlofen  SBiid^er  foUen  in 
5  bic  ©d)arfrid)tcrci*,   bantit  fie  offenttt^  toerbrannt  tocrbcn? 

Jionig.  sJietn,  ntcf)t  at§  SibtbuS*  in  unferm  ^ottcg 
morfit'  idi  fie  ^aben.  sJitd)t  etnmat  jum  SSerbrennen  fiir  bie 
,Vitlui)foiteu,  bte  loir  --  SKeine  |>erren;  fd^iitteln  ©ic'8  ab 
mic  id),  .pout  abenb,  tuenn  unfer  $feifrf)en  bantpft  unb  gtii^t, 
10  bet  eiitem  Xninfe  beutfdjen  ®erftenfafte§  *,  mac^en  roir  un§ 
bafitr  eben»o  it&er  SSerfaitteS  unb  bag  ganje  franjiififcfje 
niftorium  (uftig. 

&  r  it  in  b  f  o  to  \ 

0  f  f 

15      .  G  u  e  r  §  m  a  n  n.    Slber  bie  93ud)er  werben  bod)  toerbrannt, 
iDcajeftat? 

tonig.    ©eroi§.   5lber  auf  eine  anbere  SKanter!  @d)i(f 
©r  fie  l)inau^  oor§  Dranienburger  Xb,or  in  bie  ?|8ultjer= 
nni  I)  i  e  n.     Xn  f  alien   fie  fiir  meine  ©renabiere  ^atronen 
20  brau§  mad)en.   (2tb.) 
(Srumbfow  | 
©ecfenborf  i  (6eifeite). 
©  o  e  r  ^  in  a  n  n  I 

(Stile  folflen.) 

25 


Jiufttitt  VIL  fiopf  unb  Sdjtoert 


Bwetle 

Set  Seal  be§  erftcn 


Stebenter  Anftritt 

fitter  $otl)(«n.  Somfc.  ®ann  bcr  ©rfeprinj. 

$  0  1  f)  a  m  (tritt  leife  unb  fjordjenb  burd)  bie  SKittellfjut  auf).  (Sin     5 
Saat  ntit  trier  Xfjiiren  ?  9tirf)ttg  !  3)ort  bie  Dimmer  ber  $rin* 
jefjtnV  $ier  bie  ber  ^onigtn?  ®nnfe,  guter  greunb!  (ffamte  a6.1 
fitter*  $ottjam   ^alt  fein  gnfognito  aufred^t  bi§  jitr  ti8tttgen 
Unfic^tbarfeit.    SSon  Sonbon  iiber  ^annoDer  t»ab'  id^  mid) 
ing  Sanb   ge^muggelt  luie  eine  tserbotene  SSare.     (Srodnet  10 
fid)  bie  ©tint.)  3)er  |>enfer  Ijote  btefe  reitenben  ©taatSgefcfyafte, 
tuo  man  bie  (Satonroutine  *  be§  S^onbt)*  mil  bem  gefii^Kofen 
Jhioc^enbau  ctneg  s^ofttllion§*   tjeretntgen  mu|I   @cit  bier 
Xagen  bin  icb,  nicfyt  oom  ^Pferbc  gelommen  —  ab,!  —  (SBirft 
iicf)  in  einen  Scffei.)    SQSenn  bie  sJiattonen  toii^ten,  ba§  man  fic^  15 
jur  auStDartigen   ^oltttf    burc^    me^rjaljrige*  ®urierbienfte 
uorbereiten  mufe,    jo   raiirben   jte  ben  @taat§mannern  nic^t 
iibetnefimen    toenn   fie  im  Sitter  feine   @)aloppaben  *  meb,r 
tanjen!  —  SBie  fd^roer  ba§  in  ben  Safdjen  Itegt,  tt»enn  man 
etn  ®6nigreicb,  mil  fic^  bringt!  (Sdjicigt  auf  bie  rcdjte  SRorftafcfje.)  20 
£>ier  bie  ^rone  don  ©ngtanb,  (auf  bie  liute)  ba  bie  Oon  @c£)otts 
lanb  unb  in  ber  SKeftentafdje  bie  Don  ^rtanb.    2Ba§  roerb' 
id^  mttnefjmen?  (©tefjt  [td>  um.)  Db  rt)ot)t*bie  SSergoIbungen  ec|t 
finb?    Sieb.t  aHeg   fetir   fnapp   unb  fparfam   au§.    9taum  25 
genug  in  ben   grofjen   Salen;  aber  ic§  glaube,  e§  tuoljnen 
oiel  SDiaufe  brin   -  -  afle§  ift  fttfl  iuie  ein  engtifdjer  @onn* 
tag.  (grfjebt  firf).)  %tf)  tjore  fonunen  — 

©rb^rinj  (retjjt  bie  Ifjiir  auf  unb  blcibt  in  ber^ucifeltet  Stenmtcj 
ft.f)cn).  30 


40  8°tf  wn&  ©cfitoert.  [ftufeug  II 


(tritt  uneber  leibenfci)afilid)  etnen  <5d)ritt  toor  unb  f;aI1 
fief)  bie  &anb  toot  bie  ©tint). 

$  o  t  f)  a  m    (fceifeite).  $d)  gtaube  gar,  bet  madjt  SSer  fe  ? 
5         (Srbprinj    (ttriH  in  gletrfjer  9frt  ju  ben  gintmern  ber  5prin3fffht 
unb  erWtdt  $ot$am).     gg^^   333^  je^»  j^? 

|>ot^ant  (iiberrafdit).  Sdufd^'  id)  mid)? 
©rbprinj.    |>ot^am?  Sft  e§  mogltrfj?  greunb,  @ie  in 
83ertin? 
10       ^ot^om.    ^ritij,  tuaS  ift  3$nen  nur? 

(Srb^rinj.    Sn   einem  5lugenbttcff  too  trfj  ber  SSer* 
jtoetflung  na^e  bin,  treff  idj  Sie,  fjotfyatn,  ^errtidjer,  treffltdjer 
j.  3ft  e§  benn  ntOglidj!  2Bo  fomtnen  @ie 


16  $ot§am.  5Tu§@ngtanb,  ^Srtnj!  a«it  ben  beften  ®rii§en 
toon  unfern  greunben  unb  bem  3luftrag,  @ie  ttomoglicf)* 
cinjufangen  unb  wieber  juriicfjubringen  in  unfere  SSettrennen, 
3ud;§iagben  unb  SBojbergniigungen  *,  beren  leibenfdjaftlirfjer 
SSere^rer*  @ie  ttaren. 

20  (Srbprinj.  ^ot^am,  fftr  mid)  finb  biefe  greuben 
tooriiber. 

@ie  3^r  SSater  toon  ber  X^ronfolge 


@  r  b  p  r  t  n  5.    SBeriUjren  @ie  ntidj  nid)t  on  bem  nwnbeften 
25  gted  meineS  2)afein§*!  SSerfdjaffcn  @te  mir  ba§  S'aifertuni 
toon  SJJaroIfo! 

§  o  t  Ij  a  m.    @te  ^aben  giebertraume  ober  —  etnen  23ei-- 

ftanb  ndtig,  ber  ^nen  bit  gefunbe  Serniinft  erfe|en  ntu§? 

©rbtortnj.     ^otb.am,   @ie  finl)  ein  ®enie,  ein  ^opf, 

30  an  bem  nod)  mandje  ^ntngue  ber  geinbe  S^re§  SSaterlanbc^ 

fdjeitern  nn'rb*  —  aber  mir  fonnen  €>ie  nidjt  ^elfen. 

^jot^am.    3^  wiinftfjte  eg,  ^Srinj!  3^  ^'n  S^»cn  toer- 


Mnftrltt    vn.]  gopf  unb  Sdjwert.  41 

pjTidjtet,  id)  bin  ^f)r  (Scfwtbtter  fiir  taufenb  $ienfte,  bie 
@ie  mir  bet  ^l)rer  2lmuefenf)eit  in  (Siigfanb  geleiftet  fjaben. 
5ie  Ijaben  mid)  burd)  Qfjren  ©inflnjj  in  bie  SMje  ber  erftcn 
©taatSmanner  gebradjt.  @ie  fjaben  mtr  ntetne  ^arriere  al^ 
diplomat  erfd^toffen  *.  ^fjnen  oerbanf  ic^,  tt)a§  id^  bin  unb  S 
fjabe  -  -  befefyten  @ie  iiber  nteinen  SSerftanb,  er  foU  fiir  @ie 
benfen,  iiber  meinen  Strm,  er  fott  fiir  @ie  ^anbeln.  ^ 

(Srbprinj.  ^ot^am,  icf)  bin  bier  in  eincr  eigentittnttdjen 
Sage  — 

$ot!jam.    3^9  lotbme  ^nen  tnein  Seben.    2Ba§  roar'  10 
id^  ofjne  @ie  ?  S)itrc^  @ie  bin  id)  mit  eljren&oHen  SJ'iiffionen 
beauftragt.     5)urcf)  @ie  bin  id)  fyter. 

©rbprinj.    SQ3a§  t|un  @ie  Ijier? 

^ot^am  (ftc^  umfe^enb).  (Sine  ©adje  toon  StSfretion,  btc 
idj  inbeffen,  tuenn  @ie  Derlangen,  nid^t  ?lnftanb  ne^me*,  %f)ntn  15 
mttjutetlen. 

(Srbprinj  (aerftreut).    3d)  bin  ntdjt  itcugierig.     2Birb 
3^r  §luftrag  lange  ma^ren? 

^>ot^am.    $a'ngt  Don  ben  Umftanben  ab.    $)iefe  Urn* 
ftanbe  finb  garter  S^atur.  20 

©rbprinj.    Sine  S^renfadje? 

$otl)am  (leife).   (S^  ift  eine  Unterljanblung  tuegen 


mine  unb  bem  ^Srinjen  toon 

(Srbprtnj  (aufeer  r»**).  @ie,  @ie  finb  ber  ©efanbte,  don  25 
bem  foeben  ber  ®6nig  mit  mir  gefprod)en  I)at  —  ? 

$otf)am.    SBare  ber  ^onig  fd)on  unterrid)tet? 

@  r  b  |)  r  i  n  j.  @ie,  8ie  ber  nntt)tberfte|Iid)e  geniate  SDiptomat, 
ben  man  Ijier  mit  offenen  Strmen  ertoartet? 

§ot^am.    3)er  ^eirat  beS  ^Srinjen  Don  SBateS   tt)fire  30 
in  ber  J^at  and)  ber  ^8nig  fdjon  giinfttg? 

©rbprinj.    ©ntfepd}!  3d)  §abe  biefen  2Kann  aU  ein 


42  Sopf  ttnb  ©dirocri.  [^uijufl  1L 

®ente  unter  Xoufenben  b,erau§genmben,  id)  fjab'  U)n  DOM 
^)Sart§  au§  in  bie  engttfdje  $erroaliuitg  gebradjt*,  unb  nun 
mufj  id)  felbft  barunter  tetben*,  bafe  er  mtr  @b,re  ntadjt! 
@o  roiffen  @ie*  benn,  bafj  ®onig  unb  ®b'nigin,  ofjne  tfjr 
5  @intierftanbni§  ju  a^nen,  btefer  ^etrat  mil  aHem,  tt)a§  bruin 
unb  bran  tya'ngt*,  beibe  oon  Bergen*  juget^an  ftnb,  jugteicft 
ober  auc^,  ba|  ^rinjcjfin  SBtt^etmine,  ein  unglitcf(icfje§  Dpfer 
eurer  ^Solitif,  oon  einem  giirften  getiebt  mirb,  ber  fid)  jrcar 
nicfjt  an  SJJad^t  unb  ®ro|e  mit  euerm  ^Srinjen  toon  28ale§ 

10  meffen  fann,  ber  aber  an  £tngebung,  Siebe,  Setbenfdjaft 
afle  nur  mogltdjen  gefronten  Seraerber  um  bie  £mnb  bteje§ 
(Snget§  ^immet=*,  ja  parabiefifcfjroett  ^inter  fic^  Ia'|t,  ton 
cinem  ^rin^en,  ber  ic^  felber  bin. 

§  o  t  f)  a  m.    3)a§  ift  eine  (Sntbecf ung,  bie  idb,  nidjt  afjnen 

15  fonnte,  unb,  toie  id)  leiber  fiinjufiigen  mu&,  feine  erfreuticfje. 
Slber  fottte  man  %$ntn,  ir/enn  @ie  fic^  barum  betuerben, 
nid)t  bie  §anb  ber  ^rinjeffin  gettmfjren? 

©rb^rinj.    @inem  fleinen  beutfd^on  Suobegprinjen*! 
SBenn  man  bie  SSab,!  jnrifdjen  fiinftigen  ^ontgen  unb  S'aifern 

20  fyat !  ©predjen  @ie  mit  ber  ®onigin  ton  mtr,  unb  @ie  toerben 

finben,  ba§  fie  regelmafjig  5tn»bad)  mit  Saireut^  toertuedjfelt. 

^)ot^am.    Xiefe  ©ntbedung  ift  um  fo  erfreuti^er,  at§ 

id^    atterbingS     al%     Seoottma^tigter     be§    iUiinifterium^ 

atte§  aufbieten  mu§,  ba§  s^rojeft  biefer  (Sfje  ju  ©tanbe  ju 

25  bringen. 

©rbprinj.    S^atiirlid^.    @ie  miiffen   ja   meiner    @m* 
pfet)lung  @6,re  madden! 

^otb.am.    Unb  bennod)  roag'  id)'^  au^jufpre^en,  ba§ 
oietletd^t  unter  geroiffen  SSer^attniffen  —  mogttc^erroeife  - 

30  biefe  |>eirat  mit  (Sngtanb  nid^t  juftanbe  fommen  bftrfte*. 
3n  ber  X^at,  ^rinj,  faffen  @ie  9Jcut !  ®Z  ffinnen  Umftanbe 
eintreten,  too  ic^  nic^t  nur  ba§  9ted)t,  fonbern  fogar  bir 


Sfuftrttt  VII.]  3opf  unb  Scfjtuert.  43 

^flidjt  fyatte,   jebcn  njettern  ©cbanfen   an   biefe  (£tje   auf= 
jngeben. 

(Srbprinj.     <§ie  geben  mtr  ba3  fiebcn  toieber! 

$  o  t  f)  a  nt.  $>er  ^vinj  Don  2Me»,  $ol)nr,  ift  nidjt  ber= 
jenige,  in  beffen  SUiftrag  id)  l)ier  erfdjienen  bin.  9)? id)  fdjirft 
bie  engtifdje  Nation,  ba§  9}(iniftertuin,  ba§  engtifdje 
ment!  @ie  mil") en,  ^rtnj,  unb  fjaben  fid)  bet  ^firer 
ruefenfjeit  in  (Snglanb  fetbft  baoon  iibei^eugt,  ba^  ba§  ^p 
£annot>er  auf  ben  Xt)ron  toon  (Snglanb  unter  Umftcinben 
berufen  murbe,  bie  ib,m  jut  ^J3f(id)t  ntadjen,  jeinen  ^erfon*  10 
(tdien  SSitlen  bent  aflgcmeinen  Qntereffe  be§  @taat§  unter* 
2Iuf  eine  perfonlidje  5Ketgung  be§  ^rinjen  »on 
ju  jeiner  Confine,  ^rtnjejfin  2SiIl)eIntine,  ttnrb  ttjenig 
iiiifonimcn  *.  Sieben  fie  fid),  tieben  fie  fid)  nid)t,  bem  ^ar* 
lament  ift  bariiber  nid)t§  ju  ^Srotofofl  gegeben*.  $)er  ^rinj  15 
Don  S28ale§  nnrb  al§  !iinftiger  ^onig  Don  (Sngtanb  jebe 
SBirbinbung  eingcb.cn,  bie  ifym  ba§  ?iationalintereffe  al§ 
iimuicb/entfroert  anbeuteu  njirb.  Sine  fold)e  ift  nun  unter 
ben  gegenroa'rtigen  potitifdjen  ^onfteHationen  bie  mit  ber 
S)i)itaftie  beg  jugenbtid)  aufftrebenben  ^onigreid)§  ^Sreufeen.  20 

(&  r  b  p  r  t  n  §.   llnb  ba§  ent^telte  *  eine  §offnung  fiir  mid)  ? 

$  o  i  b,  a  m.  9iid)t  liegt  fie  in  biefem  meinem  ungtiids 
Stuftrage,  iuo^I  aber  in  etner  Staufet  beSfelben  —  biefe  Sije, 
unb  mar'  ib,r  afle§  girnftig,  nur  unter  ber  Sebingung  ab* 
^ufdiliefeen,  (fic^  umfe^enb)  ba§  bie  biSljer  Don  ^reu^en  au§*  25 
gefdjtoffen  genjefenen  engtifdjen  SBaren  aufl  neue  unter  an» 
neb.ntbaren  23ebingungen  (leife)  njteber  eingelaffen  tuerben 
!onnen. 

©rbprinj.  Unb  in  bieg  faufmannifdje  ^JSrojeft  mtfd)t 
fid)  eine  O^age  ber  Siebe,  eine  Slngetegenb.eit  be§  ^>erjen§?  30 

^>otb,am.    3^   fertrete  bie  ^er^en   unferer  Saufteutc, 
bie  b/tfj  fiir  ben  X^ron,  aber  nod)  fjeifter  fiir  i{)re  Sfttmeffen* 


44  3°Pf  «nb  ©djtoert.  [«ufjug  U 


fefjtogen.  $aben  unfere  gabrifen  ni<f)t§  ju  Ijoffen,  bann 
(md)t  bem  Grbprinjen  bie  £anb),  ^Jrinj,  mein  23efd)ii|er,  mein 
23ef6rberer,  bin  tcb,  ber  S^'9e,  unb  <3ie  foflen  fefyen,  bafj 
icfj  nod^  mancfjerlei  Xatente  befi^e  au^er  benen  eineg  3)ipto^ 
5  maten. 

©rb^rinj.    |>offnungen  ju  toedfen,  benen  bie  bitterfte 
Saufdwng*  folp,en  ftirb! 

^  o  t  f)  a  m.    SSarten  @ie  ab  *,  ^Srinj,  unb  toertrauen  @ie  ! 
©rb^rinj     @iner  3J?erfantiIfrage  ! 

10        ^>ot^om.    SBarum  nirf)t?  Unb  ftienn  ic^  mt(^  ^tfjneit 

in  bem  ftcrtit,   ba^  fid)   ber  ®6nig  ju  bent  £anbet§traftate 

ntd^t  oerftetjt,  gang  gettiibmet  Ijabe,  tt)enn  @te  fterben  gefeb^en 

fjaben,  ^rtnj,  ba§  gegen  einen  gurften,  bem  i^  burd^  einen 

3ufaH   befannt  njurbe   unb  ber   ficfj   ot§  mein  SSo^It^ater 

15  bettaljrte*,   in  mir  ein  f)erj  toott  5)anfbarfeit  fcfjldgt,  ttjenn 

<5ie  enblirf)  §erj  unb  ^anb  ber  ^rtnjeffin  njirflic^  roerben 

erobert   b,oben  —   bann  erbitt'  ic^   mir  toon  (£tt>.  $o^eit, 

Q.U  beutfc^em  3torf*en»   am  Steid^Stage  toon  3tegen§burg  — 

mitten   im  $er$en  toon  3)eutfc^Ianb  --  Qb^ren  Seiftanb  ju 

20  einer  fleinen   ©tipulatton  -  -  mit   bem   beutfdjen  SReic^c 

fiber  unfere  ^armlofen,  unfc^ulbigen  —  gabriferjeugniffc. 

ft  a  m  f  e  (offnet  bie  S^iir  pr  SRe^ten). 

^>otb^am.    2lffeg  iibrige  roirb  ficb,  finben  *.  (Sinftttjeiten  * 

toertrauen  @ie!  ®ort  finb  bie  Qimmr:  ber  ftflnigin.    Seben 

25  5t 


Auftrttt 

Spater  bte  ^rtujcffin  aS?tlI)c(m{nc. 

@  r  b  to  r  t  n  j  (aHetn).    Canb  !  Sanb  !  Iftun  wirfc  fic^  operieren 

taffen  *.     (Sinen  ^otb^Qm  *  $ur  9Jec^ten,   feb^It  nur  nod^  eth 

30  mdMic^rr  s^ciftanb  jur  Sinfen.     2)er  Slugenbltrf   ift  giinftig- 


SCuftritt  VIII.]  Sopf  unb  gdjtocrt.  45 

3d)  tierfudje  *,  bie  ©onnSfetb,  bie  Keine  £ofbame  bcr  $rin* 
jcffin,  mit  in  bie  SBerfdjtoorung  ju  $ieljen*.  Sie  tneitt  b,ier 
im  SSorjtmmer.  3d)  flopfe.  (®eljt  leife  on  btc  2f)Ur  bcr  $rtnjcffln 
unb  Hopft.)  3$  fjore  ©erciufd)  (flopft  ttotf)  etnmal).  S)a§  3ftaufc^en 
eine§  ^'leibeS  —  fie  ift'£  —  (er  aic^t  ftcf)  ettuaS  jurutf  unb  wenbet  5 
ftdj  bann)  crft  biefe  Iteinen  SSor^often  geiuonncn*  unb  bann 
on  bas  ^aupttreffen! 

SBil^elmine  (trttt  ein). 
©rbprinj  (er^dctt).  ^,  @ie  fetbft! 
SSil^etmine.    @tnb  @ie  e§,  (grbprtnj?  3c^  ^abe  Ur»  10 
farfje,  recfit  er^iirnt  auf  @te  311  fetn. 

©rb^rinj.    5luf  mic^?  $ol)ett,  raarum  auf  mic^? 
SBtt^elmine.     2H3  toenn  <Sie  nicf)t  wilfeten,  toeldje 
93eletbigung  Sie  ntir  jiigefiigt*  fyaben. 

©rbprinj.   ^rinjejlin,  tDotten  @te  mid)  rafenb  macfjen?  15 
Sfiun  nocf)  cine  S3e(eibigung  gegen  @ic? 

SSHtljetmine.    §aben  @ie   nid)t   ge^ort,  toer  ^inter 
2()rem  gele^rten  §errn  Saliarpe  Oerborgen  ift? 

©rbprinj.    ^Srinseffin,   Satjarpe   ift   ein  b^odjft   geift* 
reiser,  ein  ^odjft  winger  S!o^f  * !   %n  S3erlin  foil  man  lange  20 
fiirfjen,  bi§  man  unter  ben  tyiefigen  ©ele^rten  einen  2ftann 
oon  foldjer  Silbung  finbet. 

SBil^elmine.    @in  ^eriicEenmac^er  ift'8  auS  Orleans ! 
©rbprinj.     3d;   fag'   3tf)nen,   Weit,    e8    ift   letn 
^eriirfenmadjer !  S33ol)t  berfte^t  er  bie  2Biffenfd)aften  bi§  aufS  25 
$aar*,  tt)o^Ib^at  er  bie  @d)min!e*  ftubiert,  aber  bie  (Sdjminfe 
eine§  cleganten  5lu§brud§,  er  geb^t  mit  $uber*  um*,  jo, 
aber  mit  bem  ^5uber  geiftreidjer  ©opb^iftif,  ben  man  getoifc 
in  granfreid)  beffer  at§  b,ier  in  bie  Stugen  ju  ftreuen*  oer* 
fteb;t  -  -   fdjlimm  genug,  |>o^eit,  ba^   bie  ©toaten  S^re3  30 
lenigtidjen  SSaterS  fo  oerrufen*  finb,  ba§  banner  oon  ®eift, 
^Joefie  unb  SBt£  oom  2Iu§Ianb  ^ter  nid^t  anberS  jugetaffen 


46  8°Pf  « 

roeroen,  atg  loenn  jtc   ftdj  einen  ^afc*  a(§  ^eritcfenmndjei 
yeben  laffen*. 

2B  ill)  el  mine.    Slber  unfer  Pan  ift  jerfdjlagen  *.   So 
fyarpe  tft  fcerttriefen*. 

5  (Srbprinj.  (Sin  fdjnmrfjer  5lbg(anj  feineS  ®eifte§  ift 
juriidf geblieben !  ^rinsefftn,  fel^en  @ie  mi^  nitijt  fiir  un= 
roiirbig  an,  feme  ©tetle  ju  oertreten.  Saffen  @ie  mic^  ba« 
feligc  (Sefiib,!  geniefjen,  beigetragen  511  b,oben,  <Sie  ben  geffeln 
einer  iiage  ju  entret&en,  bte  iiber  ade  (Sren^en  be3  [c^ulbigen 
10  (Se^orfamS  ^inau§geb^t*  — 

SBitljelmine.    ^Srins,  roelc^e  ©prac^e! 

(Srbprinj.  2)ie  <Sprac^e  eine§  (i)efitf)t§,  ba*  fid^  ntcfjl 
(anger  befdnfttgen ,  eine§  Untt)iflen§,  ber  fic^  ntc^t  longer 
unterbriicfen  Ia§t.  ^8rtnjef|in,  miffen  <Sie.  ba§  @tc  beftimmt 
16  finb,  ba§  Dpfer  polttif<^=merfanti(ifc^er  ^oinbtnattonen  ju 
roerben?  $)a§  8ie  beftimmt  finb,  gegen  bte  Srjeugniffe  ber 
englifcfjen  gabrt!en  an  ©nglanb  au§genjec^fett  *  ju  merben? 

SKilb^etmtne  (entriiftct).    SSer  fagt  ba3? 

(Srbprinj.    fjern  fet  e§  »on  mir,  etn  Urteit  iiber  Qifyre 

20  9teti]ung  b^aben  ju  tooHen*,  fern  fei  e§  tjon  mir,  ju  forft^en, 

ob  3$r  ©b^rgetj  nid^t   Oiellci^t  iiberrafd^t  tttirb,  wenn  @ie 

^ocen,  bafe  @ie  felbft  eine  ^'aiferfrone  erringen  fonnten, 

aber  —  wenn  @ie  ben  ^Srin^en  Don  SBaleS  lieben  — 

25 1 T  f)  e  f  m  t  n  e.  Sen  ^Srtnjen  tion  28ale§  ?  SSer  be^auptet 
25  ba§? 

(Srbprtnj.    3^re  Butter,  bie  e§  aljnt,  Sfa  9Sater,  ber 
e§  befiebjt. 

SBit^elmine.     2)en   ^Sringen    Don    2?ale§?    axemen 
letter,  ben  td^   nie  gefeljen  ^abe?   (Sinen  ^'n^en,  ber  nie 
30  ein  ^ntereffc  an  mir  Oerraten  b^at?   (Sinen  s#nn$en,   ben  tc^ 
fetner  freien  Sitten*  megen  tjerabfrfieue  ? 

©rbprtnj.     ^rinjeffin,  ©ie  Hcbcn  ben  ^in^en  nid^t? 


sufttttt  vm.)  sift  unb  @<$t»ett  47 


2ihl  f)  el  mine.  2»ein  $erj  ift  frci  ftetne  9Jiac^t  bet 
<$rbe  foil  mid)  jtmngen,  e8  cincm  2Kanne  jit  geben,  ben  id) 
mrfjt  felbft  geroa'ljft. 

@rb$)rin$.    $5r'  trf>  redjt? 

28  it  I)  el  mine.     3$    toar   geljorfam   toon   ben   erften    5 
Jttegungen    nteines  93ettm§tfein3    an.      9<lie  Ijab'  id^  einen 
^Bitten  ge^abt,  nie  getoagt,  ioenn  ic^  einen  tyatte,  t^n  ju 
au§ern.    3tber  menn  man  mtr  ba§  ©tnjige  rauben  toitt,  maS 
mir  nac^  biefen  etotgen  Xemiittgungen  aid  tnein  unantaft* 
bnreg*    Sigentum    geblieben  ifi,   bie  frete    SBo^I   nteine§  10 
$er$en§,   bann  ift  bie  grunblofe  £iefe  meineS   ®e^or[am§ 
erfd^opft.    %<$  ffiljte,  ba§  mein  Sruber  berec^ttgt  mar,  fidj 
oon  einem  fold^en  godj  ju  befreien,  unb  icg  roerbe  ber  2BeIt 
^eigen,  ba§  icfj  bie  ©c^tuefter  biefeS  S3ruber8  bin. 

Srbprinj.  ^rinjeffin!  (Seifeite.)  28ag  t§n'  tog*  —  15 
uor*  SSonne  unb  (Sntjiicfen!  (Saut.)  ^rinjeffin,  briiben  bie 
griinen  ®iitrlanben  on  bent  Keinen  genfter,  bie  Slumenftorfe 
ftnb  ein  fo  traulidger  *  SSerfterf  —  ber  fteine  ^anfling  in  bent 
&auer  toartet  jo  ungebutbig  auf  bie  SInfunft  feiner  Wb> 
jettgen,  freunbltc^en  ^errin  —  20 

SB  i  1  1)  e  I  m  t  n  C  (cntjie^t  fidj  jeinet  ^anb).    @ie  —  tt)oflen  —  ? 

©rbprinj.    2)ie  <§teHe  eineg  Uerfannten,  oerleumbeten 
©ete^rten  oertreten  unb  bort  unter  oier  Stugen*,  nic^t  beang* 
ftigt  con  biefen  gufjtrttten  in  ben  ^orrtboren,   Don  biefen 
graufamen  (Srommcin  in  ber  gerne)  SBadjtern  S^rer  grei^ett,  ber  25 
KebenSttwrbigften  giirftin  (5uropa§  fagen  - 

SB  i  I  fy  e  I  m  i  n  e.  @ie  ^aben  ntir  ntcfytg,  gar  nic^t§  ju  fagen  — 

(Srbprinj  (roirft  r^  i^r  p  §ii6en).    ^rinjeffin,    ba|   eg 
einen  gikften  gtbt,  ber  bereinft*  gnrnr  nur  iiber  eirw>n  fteinen 
fttecf  beutfd^er  (£rbe  511  gcbietcn  fjat,  bent  aber  ber  Dauber  30 
^rer  ©c^onfieit,  bie  ®utc  3f)rc3  $erjen§  ben  iKut  gibt  ju 
lagen:    3c^  tiebe  @tc.  id)  bete  ®ie  an! 


48  8°Pf  «"&  <Sc!)h>ert.  [aufettfl  II. 


23  i  If)  e  I  mine.     ^5rtnj,   ttmS  beginnen*  <Sie? 
©ie  auf,  id)  t)6re  fommen  — 

@rf  prin$.     9?id)t  etjer,  ate  bi$*  @ie  mir  fagcn:   %<$ 
fomme  - 
5        SSilfjelmtne.   SBenn  man  unS  itberrafd)te,  fteljen  @ie  auf! 

(Srbprinj.    SSerben  <Ste  font  men? 

2B  1  1  fy  e  I  m  t  n  e.  223ob,in  bcnn  ?  (®er  erbprtnj  jetgt  linfg  on2 
Scnfter.)  5)ort?  3tud^  bort  bin  id)  ntefit  o^ne  3^gen. 

©rbprinj.    5Iber  e§  finb  9)ienfcfjcn,  bie  fid)  in   ifjrer 

10  iirmut   gliirffirf)   fiif)Ien,  ba^  eine  giirftin  cine  ®tunbe  bet 

i^nen   DertueiU!  ^rinjeffin,  id)  l^abe  %fymn  Diet,   fefjr  oiel 

5U  fagen,  iiber  bie  engtifdjen  unb  ofterreidjifd^en  ^5(dne,  bie 

man  mil  3&/nen  t^at;  <5te  mu'ffen  eg  mir  im  8tit  oon  s-Ber- 

faifle§,  ben  id)  griinbltd,   fenne,  ftjieberfagen,  ba&  <Sie   mid) 

15  ^affen,  mid)  uerabfd)euen  — 

SS  i  1  6,  e  I  m  i  n  e.  $rtn§,  @ie  foltern  mid).  Sd)  f)6re  @tim» 
men  —  man  naljert  fid),  ftefjen  @ie  auf  — 

(Srbprinj.    SQ3erben  @ie  lommen? 

S35tlf)elmine.     ©raufamer!  --  <5ie  fte^en  nidjt  auf? 
20        @  r  b  p  r  i  n  3.   9ltd)t  etjer,  at*  bi§  ©ie  fagen  :  %<$  fomme  - 

2B  ill)  elm  inc.  SBenn  @ie  mir  berfpred)en,  nur  don 
ben  ^tanen,  bie  man  mit  mir  i)at,  unb  —  toon  ber  (Sram* 
matif  511  reben  — 

@rb&rtn§  (fpringt  auf).  @ie  roerben  fommen?  S5ei  aflen 
25  8ternen  be§  ^imrnet*  fdjroor'  id)  ftljnen,  mit  bem  3serbum 
j'aime,  id)  liebe,  ju  begtnnen,  unb  @ie  foflen  fet)en,  ba| 
gegen*  b  i  e  @prad)e,  bie  t'in  tiebenbe*  |>erj  rebet,  gegen  b  i  c 
®unft,  bie  in  ber  ungefd)min!ten  *  -ftatur  tiegt,  fetbfi  SSottaire 
—  nur  em  ^erudenmad^er  ift 


?iuftrittnLl  fiopf  unb  ©djtora.  49 

tteunter  Auftritt. 

^vinjcfftn  28iH)dmiuc.    3>ann  tie  (SonnSfelb.    8ult&  (Htyof  nth 
Qfrcnabicren.    $n  bet  Setne  pit  ba§  Srommeln  cmf. 

SBHljefmine  (alletn.  @ie  tooHte  erft  bent  grbprin^en  nadjetlen, 
iiuinft  bann  aber  juriid  unb  flc^t  in  fdjttmnlenben  ©Britten  an  ben  SHfcf),     5 
mo  fie  Htngelt). 

©Otlttisfelb   (trttt  ein.    9Ja<^  etner  ^Saitfe,   in  bet  fie  befrembet 
bk  ^rinjejfirt  anbiicft).    ^bniglic^e  |)ot)ett  befefjten? 

SBit^elnttne  (roic  o«S  etiiem  Sraum  auffa^renb).  !^(f) ?  ^Jtc^t^. 

SonnSfelb.    ^t)re  ^otjett  ^aben  geflingett?  10 

S$  ill)  elm  in  e.    Saw°^'    2)Jeine  2ftantitte  —  metncn 
gcidjer  —  ben  ©deleter  — ! 

@onn§fetb.    SSoQen  @ro.  $of)ett  auSge^en? 

SSil^etmine.    3^  toHI  aulgeJien. 

@onn§fetb.    §aben  (£to.  ^jo^eit  boju  ©rtaubniS?       15 

2BiIJ)etmine.    ©rtaubnig?    gangft  aud^  2)u  fo  an? 
£o(e,  roa§  ic|  gefagt  fyabe  — 

8onn§felb  (fiefit  fie  grofe  an  *  unb  ge^t  ab). 

SSil^elmine  (aEcin).     ^c^  bin  biefer  Sage  miibe!    %<fy 
fangc  an,   mid)  gu  fiiljten*,   feitbem  id}  feije,  ba^   e§  nod)  20 
iKenjdjen   gibt,   bie  meinen  fletnen  SSert  erfennen.    Xiefer 
3uftanb    roar    nidjt   longer   511  ertragen.     3idj    bin    biejeS 
^amafdjenbtenfteS  *,  biefer  unnjiirbigen  ©uborbinotion  iiber* 


<SonnSfeIb    (tommt  mit  3JcanttHe,  gadjer  unb  ©djleter  juritd).  25 

SSil^elntine.    2)u  fja'tteft  n)o^I  oudj  bie  SJiantifle  mit 
ben  SBriiffeler  ©pi^en  nja^ten  !onnen. 

@onn§fetb.  Sonigtidje  ^o^eit,  rt)a§  bejtuerfen  @te benn ? 

SBil^etmine.    SSttf  mir  ben  8d)teier  um!    $rag'  midj 
bo^  nid)t  nad)  aflem,  toa^  id}  unterne^me!     SUJu^  id}  iiber  30 
jebe  ^"teinigfeit,  bie  id)  mir  erlaube,  9Jed}en|d}aft  geben? 

4 


50  3»Pf  «"*>  ©djtoert.  iHufeufl  11. 


@onn§felb.    Sftein  $immel,  @ie  lijaben  ficb,  bocf)  nirfjt 
bcu  reootutiondren  ^been  Sfyrer  Butter  angefcfjloffcn*? 

2B  ill)  elm  inc.  $<fy  fcb,liefce  mid)  itientanb  an.  gdt) 
nrifl  enblidf)  einmal  jeigen,  bafj  eine  ^ringeffin  Don  ^reujsen 
5  ba§  9tecb,t  ^at,  auS  freien  ©tiidten*  Don  einem  $of  bog 
©c^IoffcS  in  ben  anbern  jit  ge^en.  3c§  bin  eg  miibe,  mid) 
t^rannifieren  gu  laffen.  ®er  gro§e  S'urfurft*  ^at  audj  fiir 
mtd§  gelebt.  2lud^  fflr  mid§  finb  btc  ^o^enjoflern  *  ba 
getuefen*.  5Ibieu!  (9tet^t  bet  ©omtSfelb  bie  §anb  jum  fiuffe.)  Stiff 
10  mir  bie  $anb!  SSergifj  nie,  ba|  id§  bic  £ocf)ter  etneS 
bin,  bet  fefjr  gro^e,  fe^r  bebeutenbe  ^lane  auf  bie 
eine§  SinbeS  baut,  eineg  Sinbe§,  ba§,  felbft  tuenn  e§  eigen= 
finntg  genug  ware,  auf  biefe  bebeutenben  ^Itine  nidjt  ein= 
jugeb.en*,  barum  nie  aufljfiren  njiirbe,  eine  ^ringeffin  »on 

15  ^reilfeen  JU  feilt.     (<Ste  tola  abgeljen.) 

(®ie  ^tntete  S^iir  ttrirb  geoffnet.    gcf^of  mit  brei  ©renabteren  tritt  «tn. 
S)ie  Z^iir  blei&t  offen.) 

(Scf^of.    $alt! 

@onn§felb.  ^rinjefftn,  befommen  @ie  eine  ©b.rennja^e? 
20        (Scffjof.    ©renabiere  Oorl 

(9loc^  bret  SKcnn  treten  ^eretn  o^ne  ©eiueljr.    ®er  eine  tragt  etne  gro&e 
S3i6el,  ber  anbere  etne  ©itppenterrtne*,  bet  britte  einen  ©trtcfftrumpf*.) 

©  (f  b,  0  f   (tritt  mtlttSrtfdj  an  bie  ^Srinjeffin  Ijeran).       Sontgtid^e 
Ijoleit  njotten  attergnabtgft  toerjeifien,  ba^  ic^  infotge  einer 

25  oon  @r.  SDtajeftat  oerb^dngten*  (Spejialunterfucfjung  toegen 
Derbotener  SSerbinbungen  mit  bem  @c§toffe  Si^einSberg  (Sro. 
^o^eit  erfurfien  muft,  einem  don  @r.  2Jiajeftat  toerorbneten 
ftrengften  3^nierarreft*  pd^  aflergnabigft  nnterroerfen  ju 
motten. 

30       ©onngfelb.    SBie!    ^rtnseffinl 

fficf  ^of.    Sngteid^en*  b,aben  @e.  9Kajeftat  folgenbe  aHer^ 
b.6cb,fte  ^Inorbnungen  ju  treffen  *  geriiljt  *.  ©rftet  ©renabier  oor  ! 


flitftvitt  IX.]  3°Pf  uub  Sdiroett.  51 

(Srfter  ©renabier  (nuufdjicrt  mit  berSMbel  bor). 

©dfyof.  SVonigtidje  £>ol)eit  fyaben  Spruce  *  <Safomoni3 
fiapitet  3  —  5  fo  auSroenbtg  511  lernen,  baft  ber  £>err  Dber= 
(jofprebtger*  (Siu.  £»ob,eit  morgen  friilj  urn  fiinf  Uljr  barin 
er.aminieren  fann.  3tt)eiter  ©renabier  tjorl  6 

3roetter  ©renabier  (mit  bet  ©uppenterrtne). 

(5  rf  t)  o  f.  2)ie  @m.  ^otjeit  jugeteitte  Stoft  *  luirb  taglid) 
aii^  ber  ®arnifon!ud^enuern)altung*  piinfttid^ft  berabfolgt 
inerben. 

8onn§felb  (iiffnet  bie  Serrine).  ?lb^euli(^e  ®oft!    ©e«  10 
iiuoflone*  (Srbfen! 

S  eft)  of.    fritter  ©renabier  dor! 

Drttter  ©renabter  (mit   bem  cmgefatiflenen  ©trirfftrumpf). 

(Srf^of.     ©nblid)  |aben  @e.  SRnjeftdt  befo^Ien,  bo|  S^rc 
,pof)eit  aHe  jitiet  Xage  fiir  ba3  tuob,U6b(id)e  *  SBerltner  SSatfen-  15 
l)au£  ein  s^aar   mottene  ©tritmpfe  fertig  ju   ftriden  |aben. 
fatten  ju  ®naben*f  S'oniglic^e  ^>ot)eit,  mein  5Iuftrag  ift  6c* 
enbet. 

@onn§fetb  (im  Xone  ber  Serjtoeiflung).  ^rinjeffin,  fittb 
ba§*  bie  ^(ane,  bie  ber  ®6nig  mit  ^rer  ^u^ft  tiorljat*?  20 

SS  i  1  1)  e  I  m  i  n  e  (^ittcvub  »or  aufregung).  S3erut)tge  bidj,  meine 
greunbin!  !ga,  e§  tft  ber  SInfang  einer  neuen  2eben§ba|n 
fiir  mid}.  SBo^Iou!  £>er  ^ampf  beginne!  ®et)t  511  nteinem 
$ater  unb  fagt  ifjm  — 

SonnSfelb  (eber.fo).    ©ef)t  jum  ^bnige  unb  fagt  i^m  —  25 
ja,  tual  fotten  fie  ifym  benn  fagen? 

(mit  tragijcfjer  Sntf^ieben^eit).  @agt  if|m,  ba§ 


m,  bafj  tt)ir  — 
SB  i  t  f)  e  I  m  t  n  e.  3)ie  ©priidje  (ber  mat  entfinft  fc^on)  j  rt)  a  r  —  30 
lernen  ttwrben  — 

@  o  n  n  <s  f  e  I  b.  $)ie  @cbfen  —  §  to  Q  r  —  effen  tuiirben  — 

4* 


52  8°Pf  «nb  Stfjtoert  (Stufeug  II. 


23iII)etmine.     ftafc    e3   obcr    unfere 
ware,  tuenn  mtr  in  (mit  ncucr  ftmft)  ber  ^erjiuetflung  unfrc* 


@onn§felb   (tragifcfi).    3ln    ben   SBaifcnftruntpfen    bte 

faflen  taffen  — 
23  tl^  el  mine.    Unb   un«  Iteber  tuunfc^en,  $rin$ef[in 
Don  9leu6  - 

©onn^felb.     (gcfjteij  — 

223  1  1  f)  e  I  m  i  n  e.    ®reij  unb  Sobenftein  *  ju  jeia  1 

10  (Seibe  ^efttg  ob.) 

(»et  SSovljaiifl  faOt) 


ARGUMENT  TO  ACT  IB. 

The  Prince  of  Baireuth  sends  word  to  Princess  W2- 
helmina  that  she  may  hope  for  early  assistance  and 
rely  on  his  trustworthy  friend  Hotham  who  will  find  the 
means  of  freeing  her  from  the  degrading  intrigues  to  which 
she  is  exposed.  Fraulein  von  Sonnsfeld  induces  Eckhof, 
the  grenadier  on  guard  in  the  Princess's  apartments  to 
play  the  Crown  Prince's  violin  to  which  they  dance. 
Suddenly  the  King  puts  in  an  untoward  appearance,  dis- 
misses Fraulein  von  Sonnsfeld  from  his  service,  degrades 
Eckhof,  and  tells  the  Princess  to  prepare  for  her  betro- 
thal. The  King  then  enters  on  his  negotiations  with  Hotham, 
as  representative  of  England,  in  the  presence  of  the  Queen, 
the  Princess,  and  the  Prince  of  Baireuth.  But  the  mar- 
riage-treaty fails  owing  to  Hotham 's  demand  of  free 
importation  into  Prussia  of  English  goods.  When  the  King 
now  learns  from  Hotham ,  that  the  Prince  of  Wales  is 
already  in  Berlin,  he  declines  to  receive  him  without 
formal  introduction  and  requests  that  he  will  leave  his 
capital.  When  the  Prince  of  Baireuth,  finding  his  love  re- 
turned by  the  Princess,  seeks  an  audience  of  the  King, 
he  is  told  by  Eversmann,  that  the  King,  having  found 
out  the  cause  of  his  secret  mission  to  Berlin,  is  very 
angry  with  him  and  has  sent  him  a  letter,  handed  to 
him  by  Eversmann,  which  he  is  personally  to  deliver 
to  the  Crown  Prince  at  Rheinsberg.  This  is  tantamount 
to  banishment  from  Berlin.  Hotham,  however,  puts  in  a 
timely  appearance  and  encourages  his  friend  with  the 
intelligence  that  the  supposed  presence  of  the  Prince  of 
Wales  is  an  invention  and  part  of  a  plan  he  has  con- 
trived  for  the  furtherance  of  the  Prince's  suit. 


JJrtttet 


bet  $rutjeffin.     SBofyilid)  *  mtb  triwlidj  eingertdjtet.    9ted)tS 
5  ein  offeneS  genfter.    SDUtteltfjur  unb  Sfjuren  HnfS  unb  recl)t8.    gin  ©djranf. 

gin 


©rflcr  Auftrttt. 


2BU!)eImine  (le^nt  nQ^benHic^  am  genftet).    £te  ®onn§ 
fclb   (ftfet  linK  mib  ftrictt  einen  JJinbei-ftruntpf).    ©paler  ©rfljof. 


SBtl^etminc    (beifette).     ©tunbe  urn  ©timbe 
10  S33a§  mirb  ber  $rins  ton  mtr  benfen!   Dber  font'  er  mein 
©d^iiffat  fdjon  erfa^ren  {jaben? 

<3onn^[elb.    Sagten  @ie  etttm§,  Soiiigtid)e  ^>ol§eit? 
SB  il^  el  mine.    9Mn,  ic^  --  feufje  nur  — 
@onn§felb.    (£§   fc^ien  mtr  bod),  al§  fpradjen   @ie 
16  mit  fid)   fetbft.    SBerben   @ie  nur  ntdjt  fdjroermiitig.    S)ie 
SSerfe  tuerben  @te  balb  aiiStrenbig  miffen  unb  com  ©trtcfen 
I5f  i*  @te  ab*  - 

SSttljetmine.    S)u  bift  ju  gut!   93effer,   at«  id)  ^eut 
unt  2)td)  oerbtent  ^abe.    @§  ermiibet  2)id),  gib  £>er  — 
20        ©onn^felb.  Saffen  @ie  nur.    SKe^men  @ie  ben  onbern 
angefangenen  —   fo  arbeiten   nrir  »or*  unb  fonneu  f^dter 
ouSrutien. 


I'hifttftt  I.]  Sonf  unb  ©cfiwert.  55 

28  i  I  f)  e  I  m  i  n  e  (nad)  ber  Sljiir  Jjinfjorcijettb).  Unb  nidjt  silt* 
mat*,  bajj  eiiiem  ein  freie§  SBort  gegiwnt  ift! 

<S  0  n  n  §  f  e  I  b     (fteljt  auf  unb  ficf)t  an  bic  £f)iir  f)tn).     @§     ift 

graufam,   Sotbaten  ben  5lnbtid  einer  s$rin§effin  §u  gonnen, 
bie  man  fo  tief  erniebrtgt,  (2triim^fe  ju  ftricfen!  5 

SBil^elminc.    2BOJU  miirren!   @§  Ia§t*  —  on  fid) 
-  rerf)t  !^au§(id).  (@ie  ftricft.) 

©onn^felb.  SBa§  toiirbe  ber  ©tbprinj  fagen,  toctin 
er  <Sie  fo  erblicfte? 

SBil^elmine.    ®er   ©rbprinj?    2Bte   fommft  3)u  —  10 
auf*  ben  Srbprinjen? 

@onn§felb.  <Sie  toerben  tiidjt  leugnen  fonnen,  ba§ 
@ie  Don  i^m  mit  einer  Slufmerffantfeit  be^anbelt  werben, 
bie  beinafje  jartli^  gu  nennen  ift. 

2BiI^eImine.    ,,93einaf)e!"  16 

@onn§felb.  ®iefe  Slugen!  ®iefe  Sticfe!  %<$  miiHte* 
mid)  fefjr  irren,  toenn  §^nen  nid)t  ber  ®ronprin§  in  biefem 
jungen  Surften  jugteid^  ben  feurigften  Cieb^aber  fd)icfen  tuottte, 
ben  e^  nur  unter  ber  @onne  geben  !ann. 

SBilljelmine.     Stebenbe  fatten  eg  ja  meljr  mit*  bem  20 
Roabe. 

6onn8felb.    Unb  er  tegt  eine  fo  grofje  SSereb^rung 
bor  S^nen   an  ben  £ag*,  bo§  id;  mid)   ferner  fefjr  irren 
mii§te ,   roenn  id;  nid;t  anne^men  tooUte,  unfere  @d;itbn)ad)e 
brau^en  triige  fdjon  tcingft  ein  SiUet  Don  itym  an  ®tt).  $>o-  25 
tjeit  in  ber  Xafdje. 

SB  ill)  el  mine.    ©onnSfetb!  28eld)e  Combination! 

(Sonn^felb.  9iid)t  h)Q^r*,  eine  Combination  toiirbig 
etne§  (Sedenborf ?  Qd;  roerb*  i{)n  aber  bei  adebem  *  fragen  — 

28  i  I  $  elm  inc.    ®ift  2)u  oon  ©innen*?  30 

SonnSfelb  (an  ber  sijur).  $eba!  ®renabierl 

(Jeff) of  (tritt  ein).  3"  befef)(en! 


5fi  3ppf  »»&  £dtmert.  l«m>fl  III 


(SonnSfelb.     £>nt  innii*  nidjt  eiit  SBtflet  fiir  un§? 

©cffyof.    fatten  511  ®naben,  ja! 

@onn§fetb   Or  ^ri^ejfm).    $)a    fefjen  <Sie.   - 
Grbprin^en  toon  23aireutf)? 
5        (Self)  of.     fallen  gu  ©naben,  ja! 

SBilljeltntne.    28o  ift  e§?  $at  @r  eg  angcnommen? 

©rf^of.    fatten  ju  ©naben,  netn!  (Wodjt  fefjrt*  imb  a6.) 

@onn§felb.    ?(bf(^eulic^e«  Sanb!  $ie  ©effl^Itoftgfeit 
erftrerft  fic^  *  ^ier  fogar  jc^on  auf  bie  —  ungebilbeten  Solfg* 
10  ffoffen. 

SB  i  I  ^  e  t  m  t  n  e.  93Bie  f  onnte  nur  ber  ©rbprin  j  anne^men, 
ba^  fic^  bie  SSarfie  erlauben*  tt)iirbe,  fo  gegert  aUen  3tn* 
ftanb  ju  tierftofjen*! 

@onn§fetb.    SBiirben   <Sie  eg  benn  nirfjt  angenom* 
15  men  ^aben? 

SBtlfyetmine.    S'Jimmerine^r  ! 

(Sin  S3rtef,  mtt  etttem  fletnen  ©tein  b«f($h)ert,  totrb  &itrcf)§  genfter  ge* 
toorfen.) 

@onn§felb.    @in  93rief  burd^g  genfter  —  adj,  tuag 
20  bin  id^  erfcfjrorfenl 

SSil^elmine.    S^imm  i^n  auf. 
©onnSfelb  (i^ut  e§).  @ie  netimen  ifjn  ja*  nic^t  an?.. 
@r  ift  borf)  tuo^t*  nur  bom  ©rbprinjen  unb  —  jebenfatt§ 

an  @tt).  ^ob/ett  -  •    (uberflibt  ifjn). 

25  SBit^elmine.  2ln  mtd^?  SSarum  auc^  -  -  roorum 
foflt'  ic§  ib,n  nid^t  anne^men?  (grbrid^t  Um.)  SSom  ©rbprin^en! 
(Steft  beifeitc).  ,,9Ingebetete!  ©offen  btefe  ®raufamfeiten  fein 
@nbe  ne^men?  £>at  man  fd&on  begonnen,  @ie  mit  (Sngfanb 
ju  quaten?  9Han  ttrirb  ju  ^nen  fommen,  @ie  §u  btefer 

30  5Serbinbung  jtutngen  tootten,  aber  fitter  ^ot^am,  ber  eng* 
Itfc^e  Slbgefanbte,  ift  mein  fjreunb,  ^^r  ^reunb  unb  roirb 
f  ft  r  Ste  b.anbeln,  roafjrenb  er  g  e  g  e  n  8ie  ju  b,anbetn  fc^eint 


?iuf  tritt  L]  8opf  unb  ©djtoert.  57 

(Sin  gefaljrlidjeS  ©piel,   aber  e§  gift*  ^fat  greifjeit  unb 
mein  Seben.    $>te  Siebe  Derftefyt  --  bie  Siebe!" 

<5onn§fetb.     2)arf  man  tuiffen? 

SBilfjelmine.     Sine  ffeine  Seiteibsbejetgung*  —  Don 
-  Don  —  Don  —  einent  unferer  guten  Wiener  —  5 

<3onn§felb.  D  biefe  guten  Scute  {jaben  6ie  atte  fo 
1  eb!  Ste  ntiiffen  boc^  tuo^t  antroorten  - 

28  tlb,  el  mine.  9lur  §njet  flu(f)ttge*  SBorte  —  e§  ift 
mirftic^  311  unbebeutenb  — 

@onn§fetb.    TOan  fto|t   aber  niemanb  gern   juriidf!  10 
CBcifeite.)    SSte  fie  fid)  DerfteUt  * !   (Saut.)    %$  roia  bod)  feljen, 
ob  unfer  ©renabter  nod)  intmer  fo  ftorrifd)  ift  — 

SBilfjelmine.    2Bo  beufft  3)u  Ijtn*  - 

©onn§fe(b.  28ir  madjen  einen  SSerfud;  (tritt  an  bie  Xfjiir) 
,pcba,  rentier  ^rieger!  15 

@dl)of  (tritt  ein).    3U  befeb.Ien ! 

@  o  n  n  §  f  e  I  b.  SBarum  fjat  @r  ben  SBrief  nid^t  angenommen  ? 

(Srf^of.     @§  ftd)cn  Spteferuten  brauf*. 

©onn^fetb.  SBir  (jaben  SDZittct,  fold^e  ©trafen  gut 
ju  madden.  20 

©diiof.    3)ic  ^aben  @ie  nidjt. 

@onn§felb.    3ft  ®etb  fein  SDZtttd? 

©d^of.  Stefee  Hd)*  and)  ©djanbe  burd^  (Mb  §eiten, 
fo  fonnten  @ie  Don  aflen  SWttteln  bod;  bie§  gerabe  am  n>e= 
utgften  antucnben.  25 

2Bitb,etmtne.    SBiefo? 

(Stf^of.    2Bei(  (Sro.  ^o^ett  fein  ®elb  b,aben. 

@onn§felb.     2lbfdjeuttd)er  2W:nfd)! 

SSit^elmine  (ticiu-itr).  @r  fennt  unfere  Cage  nur  ju 
ivt.  SSir  ntiiffen  ben  (Mebanfen  auf  eine  §lntiuort  aufgeben.  30' 

Grffjof.     Xarf  id)  al-treten? 

(Sr? 


58  3o 

@cfb,of.     (gcffjof. 
©onnSfelb.    28o  ift  (Sr  Ijer? 
©cfljof.    5lul  |>ambiirg. 
©onnSfelb.    2Ba§  b,at  (Sr  gelernt? 
5        (£c?6,of.    9Hd&t8. 

SB i If)  el  mine.    SftidgtS?  3)a§  ift  feljr  toentg. 
©onnSfelb.    2Ba§  fjat  @r  toerben  tootten? 
(gcf^of.    SttteS. 

SSil^elmtne   (6eifeite).     ©onberbarcr   SJJenfd^!   (2aut.) 
10  ©jaminier'  iljn ;  er  untertjalt  un§  tuenigftenS. 

@onn§felb  (jugc^of).   2Bir  finb  nicfjt  ge[^ett*  genug, 
Seine  geiftreid^eti  2lntlt>orten  ju  Oerfte^en.    SBie  fiangt  6ein 
unb  9li$t$  aufatnmen*? 

o  f.    %d)  bin  in  meiner  ^ugenb  bet  etnem  Beater 
15  aufgenmcfyfen  unb  b,abe  bort  anfang§   nicfjtS  gelernt  at§  bie 
Stater   pufcen.     llnfer  ^rtnjipat   entlie§  feine   ®ejettfrf)aft 
unb  td^  luor  genotigt,  Stenfte  bei  einem  ^Softfc^reiber  ju 
neljtnen.    SI(§  mir  aber  bie  facm  metne§  neuen  §errn  ju= 
mutete,  al§  93ebienter  |inten  auf  ifyre  S'utfdie*  auf^ufteigen 
20  na^m  id)  ben   SBanberftab  *.    %<fy   bettette  nridj  ju  einem 
ifted^tSgelefirten  nacfi  ©djtoerin  burd)  *,  ber  mid^  bei  fief)  aU 
©ctjreiber  anftettte.    SDie  ^5oi"t  unb  bie  ®erid)t§(tube  tmirben 
jttjei  neue  Beater  fiir  mid).     Sriefabreffen   regten   meine 
^Stjantafie,  ^rojeffe  meinen  SSerftanb  an.     5)er  (SJebanfe,  con 
25  ber  53iitjne  fyerab  menfc^tidje  ®ro§e  unb  menfc^ttc^e  SSerbredjen 
in  tebenstreuen  3"9en  roiebequgeben  *,  ba3  Cafter  unb   bie 
Xugenb  ju  maten,  toie  fie  ftnb,  begetfterte  micb,,  aber  bie  ®e 
legen^eit,   i^n  auSjufu^ren ,   fanb    fid)  nid)t.     2)er  3ufa^ 
fpielte   mid)    in   einem  Slugenbltd,    roo   id)  leidjtfinnig   bie 
30  Sd^roermut  in  einem  9?aufd)e  *  ju  oergeffen  fuc^te,  preu§ifd)en 
3Berbern    in  bie  £anbe*.    Xa§   bargebotene  blan!e   (Silba 
blenbete;   ic§   Oertor  meine  golbene  greib.ett.     ©eitbein  trag' 


Sliiftrttt  I.]  3otf  wb  (Sdjtoert.  59 

id)  bie  9Jht§fete.  ®ie  taufenbntal  erttmdjenbe  ©efjnfudjt  nad) 
ber  ®unft,  ju  ber  id)  ben  S3eruf  lute  eine  fyeilige  90?ab,mtng 
in  mir  fttfyte,  ubertdubt*  je£t  bie  larmenbe  Xrommet,  ben 
Xrieb  nad)  *  eblerer  9ftenfd)enbarfteflung  fd)niirt  bie  Uniform 
jufammen,  unb  in  abgcrid)teter*,  unfreier  93emegung  bei  5 
(SJtieber  wirb  aurfj  tt)ol)t  jule^t  ber  frete  SBtfle  unb  ba§  ®e= 
fit^t  fiir  bie  menfdjlidje  SSiirbe  ftetben.  53on  btefem  @d)icf* 
fat  erto[t  ben  oer!auften  ormen  ©olbaten  nid)t§  at§  ber  Xob. 

SBilfjetmine  (fictfettc  ttje^miitig.)  Sin  93t(b  meiner  eignen 
Seiben.  10 

©onnSfelb.  $>a§  ift  fdjon  QHe§  ganj  gut,  aber  im 
®runbe*  fann  @r  frot)  fein,  je^t  menigften§  ettoaS  §u  fern, 
ba  (Sr  fonft  nid)t§  tt)ar  unb  nid^tg  geternt  ^at. 

@rf£)of.  5Iu§  5Biid)ern  roenig,  aber  nmndjeS  au§  bem 
Seben.  2ludj  Derftet)'  id^  etma§  2Jtofif.  15 

@onn§felb.  SD^ufif?  55a  lonnt'  @r  b,ier  bie  arme 
flcfangene  ^6nig§tod)ter  unterb^alten  !  ^rinjeffin,  bie  fjrlote 


(Sdf^of.    %<§  fpiete  SSiotine  - 

@onn§fetb.    Sludj  eine  SStoIine   ift  ba.    SBir  b,aben  20 
ba3  ganje  Drdjefter  be§  ®ronprin$en  <ge^t  an  ben  ©c^ran!)  b,ier 
Derftedt!     2)a!     (Sritigt  eine  SSioIine.)     ©piel'   @r    un§!     28tr 
tanjen  — 

2BiI|e(mtnc.    28o   benlft  S)u  ^in?    ®ort   finb  He 
3iinmer  ber  ^onigin.     ^ier  (auf  recijts  jetgenb)  fann  un^  jeben  25 
Slugenbtiif  ber  ^onig  iiberrafd^en  — 

@  o  n  n  §  f  e  I  b.    @tne  fleine  gran^atfe  *  !   (Sine  SSoriibung 
jum  gadfeltanj*  bei  3$rer  liinftigen  SSermaf|Iung*l 

SB  till  el  mine.     ®u  fennft  ben   2lbfd^eu  be8   ^6nig§ 
gegen  ©piet  unb  Xanj.  30 

©onnSfelb.    ®a  @dl)of,  ne^m'  @r  nur!  gang'  ©r 
nut  on! 


60  3<>Pf  wit&  ©djtoert.  [SUfeug  1 1 

Scffyof  (ftefit  firf)  um).  SBenn  ic(j  aber  —  tnein  |)tmmet 
—  (bettegt)  feit  brei  Sab,ren  Ijab'  icb,  ein  fo  ebleS,  jauber 
t>ofle§  Snftrument  nicfjt  beriifjrt! 

@  o  n  n  §  f  e  I  b.    Sftur  ju  * !  ^ringeffin,  ic^  bin  ber  §crr, 
5  (gie  finb  bte  25ame. 

@  cf  !§  0  f  (fptelt  einen  Sanj  in  bent  einfarfjen  natben  ©efc^macf  jcnci 
3ett.    ®ie  beiben  S)amen  tan^en). 

©onnSfelb.    JBrao,  (Scf^of!  @§  geb,t  gang  gut.    5lc^, 
weld§e  SSo^It^ot,  eintnal  tan^en  ju  fonnen !  <2o  —  la,  la,  la,  la 
10  (fie  ftaflt  bte  Hftelobte  na^). 


Braetter  Auftrttt 


2)cr  &ottig    (tft  toa^renb  biefeS  SanjeS  oit§   ber  ©ettent^iir 
leife  eingetretett.  Site  Sanjenben  iinb  ben  miifeterenben  ©renabter  erblidenb, 
ftu^t  er.    Siefe  benterfcn  t^n  nirf)t.    6t  tritt  naf)er  itnb  fuc^t  (ic^  unbemertt 
15  in  ben  Sanj  311  ntifdjen).      2)te  Sortgcn. 

SBit^etmine.  SonnSfelb,  S)u  tanjeft  ja  fatfc^  —  jefct 
ber  ^en;!  (SRetc^t  iticfroartS  t^re  §anb.)  @0  ! 

®6ntg  (fafet  btefe  leife  mit  etnem  ginger  unb  tan^t  etwaS  mtt). 

SStt^elmtne.  SBie  frfjroerfaflig,  Itebe  greunbin  !  (Sottjt.) 
20  2Ba^  &,aft  2)u  benn  nur  ^eute  fiir  etne  garftige  rau^e^anb! 
(3ief)t  ftdj  um  unb  erbltdt  ben  SSnig,  ber  pliifelt^  auc^  We  SJielobte  mit 
raufjcr  Stimme  mitgefungen  Ijat.  3tHe  er|cf)recfen.) 

(5  cf  fy  0  f  (prcifcnttert  *  mtt  ber  SStoItne). 

l^ontg  (jorncrfiint).     9?edjt   niebltd^!    JRec^t  fd^on!  §tlfo 

25  ba§  finb  bie  ©priid^e  ©atomonte?  Stanj  unb  Slffemblee*  in 

meinetn  @c§Ioffe  bei  b.eHem  listen  £age*?  Unb  ein  ©olbat, 

ein  preu&ifcfyer  (Srenabier,  ber  auf  ber  2Badfje  *  feinem  Slrre^ 

ftanten*  SStotine  oorfpiett? 

@onn§fetb.  SSergebung,  2Ra|eftat,  tmr  ^aben  i^n  ge 
30  jnmngen  — 


'.'luftritt  n.]  3opf  unb  Srfiroert.  61 


©e$uningen?  Suten  Solbatcn  ;jnnngen!  S 
fiic  ^fliditen  feine*  "£imftc§  ouf  etne  jo  freuflifdje  i'lit  511  ocr* 
(efccn?  f^tir  ben  mufe  id)  eine  Strafe  evfi.ibeu  ,  bte  in  ber 
prcuf?ifd)en  ?lnnce  nod)  nid)t  bagetuifen  ift. 

SB  ill)  el  mi  ite.     @nabe,  SUiajoftdt,  ©nabe!  S 

®6nig.  3Jcit  3Mr  tuerb'  ic^  tjernad)  rebcn.  %t)\n,  Sonrab 
Gcfljof  tjeifet  @t,  id)  mei§  e§,  ^f)ni  biftiere  id)  'jiir  (Strafe: 
(fr  ift  au§  ber  $hmee,  bte  unter  meinen  rutjinooOen  gaf)nen 
fh^t,  anggeftofeen*.  Sr  ift  auggeftofeni,  nid)t  etroa  in  eine 
Strdflingefompaute*  ober  in  ben  efyrentoerten  SBiirgerflanb,  10 
ionbern  l)br'  @r,  ioa§  @ein  ©djtdfat  fein  fofl.  Sluf  bem 
I'ogeiijaufe*  in  ber  ^tofterfhajje  ift  berjeit*  eine  £nippe 
beutfd)erS'oin6bianten  angefommen.  Xiefe@au!ler*  histiiones, 
iinb  in  sJibten*,  tt)eil  ifjnen  ifyr  ^panetourft*  au^ge* 
blii'bcn  ift,  ben  fie  fidi  a«§  Seipjig  fcerfdjriefcen  *  fatten.  15 
3u  tiiefcn  ^offcnreifeern,  f)6rt@r,  get)t@rmir  ^inauS,  kgt  Seine 
glorreidje  foniglid)  preumfdje  Uniform  ab  unb  nielbet  fid}*, 
id)  fdjicfte  it)n  permit,  §ur  SBarnung  fur  jebermann,  at§  einen 
Sdjcutfpieler,  einen  ©rs^angiuurften  *,  ber  bie  beutfd)e  Station 
liiufort  mit  feinen  fomobianttfdien  @^)a^en  friminaltter  *  20 
amiifiren  fofl.  Sd^anbe  iiber  ^^n! 

(£  d  fy  0  f  (in  freitbtflfter,  jebod)  berborgener  Srregung  mit  einem  Slid 
tieii  ^immci).  ©djaufpieter?    5)anfe   (Sro.  SJiaieftat  fiir  atter* 
gnabigfteg   @rfenntni§.    Sonrab   (Srfijof   luirb  fidj  bemit^en, 
fid)  unb   feinen  oeradjteten  neuen  @tonb  loieber  ju  G^ren  25 
ju  bringen.     (9tb.) 

Konig.    Unb  ®te,  ntein  grdulein  Don  8onn§felb,  @ie 
follen  |e  eb,er  je  lieber  3^re  niutterlidje  Slu^fteuer*  einpaden 
unb  nad)  3)resben  aufbredjen,  too  mein  SSetter,  ber  ®urfurft 
Don  Sad^fen,   foldje   -fttjmpfyen   unb   ©rajien  tr»ie  (Sie  finb  30 
fiir  feine  |>offeuermerle  *  unb  SaUetter*  no'tig  ^at. 

S  o  n  n  S  f  e  I  D  (im  sibgcOcn,  b<  ifeitf).      Sr   ftraft   in  feinem 


62  8°J>f  ««&  ©djtoert.  iSfafaug  III 


$orn  mil  $ingen,  bie  jebem  (SJebilbeten  nur  angeiteb,m  fein 
ffinnen!  (2i£>.) 

®  6  n  i  g.    23ttb,ehntne  ! 

23  iff)  elm  inc.  Sftajeftat,  ttmS  b>b'  idfj  nur  fcerbrodfjen  *, 

6  bajj  id)  fo  ungtiicftid)  fein  tnufj,  ^fjnen  en;ig  ju  mifjfaflen? 

®ij  nig.  .9J?ajeftat  nennft  ®u  mtcf),  lueil  5)u  fein  finblic^e§ 

$erj   fiir  2)einen  SSater  ^aft.    3$  ^ab'  eitc^  erjogen  nac^ 

alter   beutfcf)er    ©ttte;    td^    b^abe  fron56fifcb/e  ©itelfeit  unb 

S'iarr^eit  Oon  eiiern  finblid^en  ^er^en  ju  entfernen  gefiicb,!; 

10  id§  b^abc  auf  bent  £fjron  jetgen  tuotten,  ba§  ®imige  in  t|ren 

gantitien    ein    9ftufter   fiir    ben    biebern    |>augftanb    iljrer 

Untert^anen  fein  fonnen.    ^)ab'  irf)  ba§  erretc^t? 

333ilfielmtnc.     @ie  beftrafen  unS  fiir  nnfere  ©iinben 
aud^  ftreng  genug. 

15        S'onig.    @in  $eriicfenmadjer  b^at  ®id§  in  oflen  gum* 
beutigfeiten  *  ber  fronjofifc^en  ©pradfje  unterric^ten  foflen  - 
SSit^etmtne.    @§  war  fein  ^eriid  enmac^er  I 
^6  nig.    (£3  mar  einer. 

SSilb^etmine.    SBenn  e§  einer  War,  fo  b^affen  @ie  ib^n 
20  nur  S^rer  garfiigen*  S^pfe  njegen! 

^5  nig.  S)er  3opf  if!  bie  Sierbe  beg  3ftanne3.  ^m 
3opf  liegt  bie  jufammengeflorfjtene  ^raft  be§  2JJanne§. 
@in  Sopf,  ba§  ift  nidgtl  28ilbe§,  gtacfernbeS,  S33ufte§  urn 
ben  Slupf,  ben  8ifc  ber  menfc^Itc^en  @ee(e,  toie  bei  ben 
25  gerfen^aften  Sufdjmdnuern*  je|t  mit  i^rem  langen  jottigen 
^>aar,  fonbern  einfadje,  fitttic^e,  gefiriegetie  *  Crbnung,  ge* 
ffocbtencr  ©efjorfam,  fanft  b^erab  iiber  bie  @rf)ultern  glettenb, 
ba§  ©innbilb  eine§  Sb.riften!  $5odj  icfj  bin  e§  miibe,  mit 
$ir  p  ftreiten.  liefer  §trreft  fei  S)ir  ber  le^te  SBetoeiS  mei= 
80  ner  udtcrticfien  Sicbe.  S.alb  foHft  ^u  fret  tuanbetn  unb 
jpcrrin  T'einer  eignen  Xfyaten  roerben.  %<$  tierfiinbige  ®ir 


?fufiritt  II  J  gopf  uttb  (Sdjtoert.  83 

litormtt,  ba§  $>u  je^t  batb  nadj  betteben*  flatten  unb  tool* 
tfit  *  fannft  — 

SBHfjetmine.    $ater! 

^5  nig.    SBenn  3)u  iljn  eb>tidj  metnft,  btcfen  £on? 

SBilfyelmine.    @t  fommt  Don  einent  £>er§en,  ba2  nic    fi 
nu:f)oren  toirb,  ben  Seften  ber  SRetifc^cu  511  oereljren. 

^6  nig.     ©rfennt  i^r,   bafc  id^   nur  attein  euer  (Stiicf 
mid?  So/  SBit^elmine,  nun  tannft  3)u  batb  tjanbeln,  tt)ie  $11 
luiflft,  fannft   franjojifrfje   53ud^er  tefen,   fannft  Sftenuetten 
tanjen,  S)ir  eine  ®ape£le  Don  9JJuftfanten  fatten,  id^  ^abe  fiir  10 
Dein  ®tiuf  unb  fiir  5)eine  grei^eit  geforgt  - 

SG8iI§eIntine.    2Bie  Derfte^'  irf)?  Sater  —  ? 

^  6  n  t  g.  ^utfd^en,  $ferbe,  ^eibuden  *,  affeS,  tuie  e3  fid^ 
fiir  cine  fiinftige  ®6nigin  gejiemt. 

SBit^elmtne.    ^onigin?  15 

$6  nig.  3)it  foUft  fc^en,  baft  id)  ben  Sftanten,  ben  $u 
tuir  gegeben,  ben  3^amen  beg  beften  5Sater§,  in  ber  'J&at 
unb  3Sa!^rf)eit  tierbiene.  %<f)  fyore  2)eine  SDiutter  — 

2BiI§etmtne.    2Ba§  foD  gefrf)el)en? 

^  6  n  t  g.   Sereite  $)ici)  oor,  e§  ift  eine  feierlirfie  ©tunbe  —  20 
bio  ©tunbe  Seiner  SSerlobung! 

JDrttter  Auftrtti 

Die  ffimtgttt,  gcftii^t  nuf  ben  ?lrm  bc§  6-rIiprti^en.    . 
SBebiente.    2)te  Sortgen.    @p8trr  fiafai. 


SQSil^etmine  (fceifeite,  u6erraftf)t).    S)er  ©rbprinjl  25 

^  8  n  i  g  i  n  (berbeugt  p^  fait  oeaen  ben  Sontg). 

S'ontg  (ebenfo).   ©uten  2J?orgen! 

^ontgtn  (aur  ^rinjeff"  SBii^eimine).  SiebeS  ^inb,  id^ 
ftefle  35ir  fjier  ben  Slbgcfanbten  @r.  HRajcftat  Don  (Snglanb, 
ben  jperrn  fitter  Don  ^ottjam,  Dor.  30 


64  3"$>f  M"&  ©djtoert.  [Sfofeug  III. 

2B  1  1  ,  c  I  m  i  n  e    (oerncuit  fid),  beifeite).     2)er    ftreimb    bc$ 
GrbprtHjen?  2Bie  tierftef)'  idj  --  ofle§? 

®onig.    (Srlcmbe,   liebe  grew,  bet  (Srbprinj  tjatte  ben 
^orrang*.  SiebeS  ®inb,  td^  ftefle  2)ir  Ijtermit  ben  ©rbprtnjen 
5  uon  sBatreut^  »or. 

(grbprinj    (fi^   bemetflenb,    betfette   ju   SGStl^elmiiicii). 
Iteren  @ie  ben  SKut  nid^t,  eg  toirb  affe§  gut  roerben*. 
®ute  ^ad^ric^ten  aug  SlnSbadg,  lieber 


10  Srbprinj  (beifeite).  Smroer  bie  SSettoedifelung  (Caut.) 
9Jlaje[tot,  man  ^at  bie  Slbfic^t,  5ln§bacfj  nad^  S3aireuti)  ju  tiers 
pflanjen. 

^  o  n  i  g  (bet  nut  ^aib  ijorte).    @t  !  Saff  en  mir  je^t  afle  it* 
btfc^en  ©ebonfen  unb  iBau))tane  unb  bereiten  un§  oor  ju 
15  einem   SBerf   Oon   ^etliger  Sebentung.    @e^e  3)id)  bviiben* 
ju  2)etner  Gutter,  SBUfyetmine  ! 

SSil^etmine  (beifeite).    22Ba§  fold  benn  foerben*? 
@  5  ni  g.  @ie,  SrB^rinj!  rnein  natiirlirfjer  Seiflanb  ^ter  —  , 
gittter  ^otfjam,  @te  in  ber  3J?itte! 

20         S3ebiente  (tragen  ben  Sifct)  in  bie  Sftitte  unb  ge^en  ab). 
@rbprtn§  (beifehe).    ^ot^am,  ber  $anbel§traftat  ! 
^)0t^om  (fe^t  ftd^   in  bie  3Kitte,  offnet  ein  ^ortefeutHe*  ba8  « 
mitge6racf)t*,  legt  papier  pre^t  unb  unterfucf)t  feme  gebern). 

^5  nig    (bie  §anbe  faltenb).    ^m  Stamen  (Sotteg!  (3Za^  einer 
25  SBeiie).    SSenn  id)  2)tc^  iefct,  getreue  ©attin  unb  fiebensge^ 
faljrtin,  frage,  ma%  ift  eine  gtiicfltdrie  (Sfje  — 

S?  8  nig  in.   ®e^6rt  ba§  in*  ben  §eirat§fontrntt  nnfcrcr 
Xorfjter? 

£8  nig.   Unterbrid^  micf)  nicf)t!  2Benn£)ii'3  nirfjt  fitljtit, 
30  ic^   fiil)l'§,  tua§  biefer  feierlid)e  9Iugenbti6f  bebeuten  wifl*! 
^ot^am.    fatten  ju  ©naben,  9J?ajeftat,   i^  tiab'  ^ier 
aurf)  bereit§  §u  papier:  3lm  sJtoroen  ®otte§l 


:>lnftrttt  III.]  3opf  itno  ©djtoert.  65 


$  5  n  t  g    (fieljt  angeneljm  uberrafcfit  Ijmuber).    $aben   @ie   ba$ 
gefdjrieben? 

4?otf)am.    (£3  ftefjt  fdjon  getooljnlirf)  gebrudft  iiber 
"otrfjen  unb  afyntidjen  SBertragen. 

®onig.     ®ebrucft  ift  nic^t  \o  gut.    ®er  S3urf)ftabe,  fagt    5 
b.e  ©d^rift,  totet  unb  —  bocf)  fangen  @ie  je^t  an  —1 

^otljatn.   @§  ^aubett  fidj  um*  eine  SSerbinbung  jtoeter 
9iationen,  bie,  an  ©prac^e,  ©itten  unb  ®ebrtiud)en*  Der* 
fc^ieben,   bennod§  ber  SBerufyrungSpunfte  *   fo   oiele   gemein 
fyaben,  ba§  fie  jebe  (Megenfyett  ergreifcn  foUten  ju  einem  10 
inmgern*  2lnfd§Iu§. 

^5  nig.   ^iinnten  €>te  ba  nid^t  etnfle^ten,  ba|  bie  @ng* 
(dnber  eigentltdg  oon  ben  S)eutfdgen  abftammen? 

^ot^am.    5)iirfte  ju  meit  fii^ren. 

^fintg.    9iun,  toie  @ie  rootten.    5)er  SInfang  war  gut.  15 

$otf)am.  (Sine  fotd&e  ®etegenl)eit  bietet  fic§  in  bent 
beiberfeittg  *  aii§gefprorf)enen  2Bunjd§  ber  betben  2)^na[ttcen 
Don  $reu§en  unb  (Snglanb,  jiuei  i^rer  erlaud^ten  unb  ruljm- 
loilrbigen  ©proffen  burd)  ba§  Sanb  ber  ^eiligen  @f)e  t>er= 
binben  ju  njoflen.  3)er  ^Srtnj  toon  2Bate§  tt)irbt  um  bie  20 
£anb  ber  ^rinjeffin  SBtl6,etmine.  — 

23  i  I  b,  elm  inc.    S)er  ^rtnj  toon  28ale§? 

^6nig  (feterli^).    8t! 

^otlam.     Unb   ertjatt  biefelbe  unter  fotgenben   S3e* 
bingungen  -  25 

SSit^elmine.     @rb,att  fie? 

^  o  n  i  g.    @t  !  @tore  bod)*  ben  feterlidjen  Sift  nidjt  burd) 
^Slaubertjafttgfeit! 

SStt^elntine.    2lber  wie  ift  eg  benn  nur  mogltdj? 

Gfcrbtorinj  (jur  «prtn5efrm).    ^onigtic^e  ^ofjeit,    bie   83e-  30 
btngungen  merben  ja  erft  entiuorfen*. 

^onigin  (Ocifcite).  Unterlafj  biefe  Unterbredjungen! 

5 


66 

fott  etn  $lbgefanbter  be3  feinen  £ofe»  oon  Saint 
ben  SJianieren  einer  preufcifdjcn  ^nit^efiin  benfcn? 

®onig  (jur  fi'onuiin).  $>tefe  plaub'jr^aften  grnuenjinniter*! 
®ut,  £err  Don  §ott)am.    £>er  2lnfang  roar  gut.    9lid)t 
5  (Srbprinj? 

©rbprinj.    Satuo^I  -  -  9JJajcftat  —    (Seifctte.) 
fdjeuti^ ! 

^bntgtn.    $)ie  53cbtngungen?  (^cifcite.)   2luf  bte 
fteuer  bin  ic^  begierig*. 
10        ^ottiam.     ^araijrap^  (5in§:  — 

®dntg.  (Srtauben  @tc,  ba§  fann  tdj  ^Ijnen  fitrjer 
fagen.  3^  9e&e  nieiner  Xod)ter  at§  9lu§[teuer  meqigtaufenb 
X^ater  unb  etn  jaiirtidjc^  sjfabelgelb  toon  smeitaufcnb  lantern. 
5)ie  £)orf)jeit  tt)in  id)  aud)  au§rtd)ten  *.  $a§  ift  aber  nud)  afle§. 
15  ^6  nig  in  (fte^t  auf).  $d)  rotfl  nid,t  l)offen*,  bafe  bte3 
3b,r  Srnft  ift,  9J?ajeftat!  fitter  ^pot()ain,  ne^men  @te  biefe 
Srflariing  ©r.  aWajcftat  ntd)t  511  ^rotofoQ. 

^6 nig  (nfrenb).   D'Jtdjt  §u  ^rotofod?  ^m!  §m!  SSteraig-- 
taufenb  ^oter  bare§  ®elb  ^u  roenig? 
20        fcotfyam.    ®ie  grage   ber  2JJttgtft*   rotrb  fiir  etn  fo 
reid)e§  Sanb  lote  (Sngtanb  feine  (Sdjtutcrigfeiten  bieten.     @§ 
^anbelt  fid)  bei  njeitem   me^t   urn  btejenigen  p  o  t  i  t  i  f  d)  e  n 
^Sunfte,  metdje  bet  btefer  engen  SSereintgung  §u  befonberer 
SBeriirfftdjtigung  fommen  bitrften. 
25        ^6 nig.    ^olitifd)e  ^unfte? 

§ot^am.     %<$   metne   —   etnige   grogen   unb  (grot* 
terungen*,  bte  id)  mtr  Dorjittragen  ertauben  mod)te. 

J^onig.     Sragen  unb   (Srorterungen ?    |>aben   @ie  an 
metner  5;od)ter  ettoa§  au^jufe^en  *  ?  (Ste^t  auf.) 
30        ^otljant.    SKajeftdt,   e§   fonnten  fiir   betbe  ?tattonen 
felbft  genriffe  SSortetle  — 

3)ann  tebenSteJ 


?'n[tTittIILJ  3opf  unb  t&d)»ert.  67 

<QQt$am.  Urn  nur  (£in§  ju  neljmen:  (Sngtanb  toirb 
iitr  btefe  petrol  @tt>.  9ftajcftdt  in  ber  ^nDeftitur  ber  $er* 
jogtiitner  Siilid)  unb  SBerg*  ofyne  |)inberm§  beftdtigen. 

&onig     3ted^t  anftdnbig.    $)anfe! 

(Srbprinj  (Mfeitc).    ^ot^am,  gudjs!  5 

^  o  t  ^  a  m.  gerner  ^at  fi^  bei  biejer  Slngelegeniiett  bag 
isartamcnt  bereit  erltart  - 

^6 nig.     SBereit  ertlart  — 

SBil^ctmine.  2lber  hm§  foil  *  benn  nur  ba3  ^Sartament? 
55^  fjeirate  Ja  nirf)t  ba^  Dber-  unb  UnterJ)QU§.  10 

^6  nig  in  ftaiwaut).  ©tin  I  2)a§  t>erfte^ft  2)u  ntt^t.  3n 
(£ .  gtanb  tyrerfjen  aHe  ^arteien  mit*. 

Suntg  (fjaibiaut).  ^a,  ^tnb!  5)a§  toare  fo  red^t*  ein 
Caub  fiit  $etne  SWuttcr.  «LIfo? 

^otb/am.    S)a^  ^artament  erflart  fi(^  bereit  fur  ben  15 
gad,   baf;   @ro.   9}?aje[tdt   bie  ©roberung   oon  ©c^tuebiji^* 
^onunern*  DerDodftdnbtgen  tuotten,  be^^atb  ba§  SRinifterium 
utdjt  511  interpeflieren  *. 

.^1  6  n  i  g  i  n  (angenefjm  angeregt)-    ©e^r  ortig !    %d)  b.atte  ba§ 
^ar lament  ni(^t  fur  fo  lieben§rtmrbig  ge^alten.    S)enfe  2)ir,  20 
5Biif)etmine,  ba§  ^artament  tmtt  nid^t  interpeflieren ! 

3S  i  ( b,  e  t  m  i  n  e.  SBa§  ift  benn  ba§  nun  toieber  fiir  eine 
pottti^dje  ®raujamfett  ? 

^  6  n  t  g  (jut  $rinaeflta).  Snter^eKieren  ^eifet,  baS  3Kinifte* 
riunt  burd)  unauft)6rlic§e  SSiberfpriic^e  *,  ©nroenbungen  *  unb  25 
3ttnfd)enreben*  in  Serlegen^eit  fe^en*.  —  S)rum  ^at'^*  3)eine 
Gutter  aurf)  gteid)  toerftanben.  (Saut.)  ®anfe,  Itebfter  £err 
Don  ^ot^am,  gru§en  @ie  bafiir  ba§  ^Sarlament  freunb* 
jd)aftltd)ft  toon  mir!  Slber  toeiter!  SSetter! 

(Srbprinj   (beifeite).     %$  fteb,e  auf  @ob,ten*.  30 

$  o  t  ft,  a  m.  fjiir  biefe  Dtelen  83ert)eife  oon  ©ntgegenfomnten  * 
unb  Uttetgennii^igfeit,  fiir  biefe  ntannigfarfjen  unb  Don  mir 


68  Roiif  uiib  Sditi'crt. 

norf)  ndfyer   ju  rvoru'ri.b-'n  *  p^uton  DOH   pofitiKtjer  3IUUM 
fomnienfyett  unb  tntiigrr  vJ£figiing,   bauerub,  omig  fidj  eiiu'iu 
<Staate  an^ufdjliefjen  *  - 

®onig.    Stun? 

5  %>  o  t  f)  a  m.  ftu'r  bte§  aHe§  nur  nod)  eine  Heine  93ebingung 
unfererfett?,  bie  biefe  £etrat  befouber§  fegen^retc^  fiir  beibe 
Xeite  mac^en  toiirbe. 

^onig.    Soggefc^offen!* 

$ot6,am.    S)tc  preu§ifc^e  3nbuftrie  tft  aitf  etner  $56e. 
10  bie  e§  (Sngtanb  tt)unfd^en§tt)ert  erfc^etnen  Ia|t,  bie  ©rjettg 
niffe   berfelben   unter   geroiffen  58ebingungen   aud^   bet  fiii) 
priifen  ju  lonnen.    2)afiir  — 

^5  nig.    Safur? 

^ot^am.     SSurbe  ©ngtonb  firf)  fel^r  tierpftic^tet  fil^Icn. 
15  toenn    bo§    jeit    bent    gtorreic^en   9?egierung§antritt   Surer 
3Kaje[tat  unterbrocfjene  frii^ere  freunbltdje  fommerjiette  @tn^ 
oerneb^nten  — 


^ottiant.     SSteber  etntreten*  unb   ftd^   @w.  SD?ajeftdt 

20  entfrfjtiefjen  *  fonnten,  bei  ©etegen^eit  biefer  erfreultd^en,  oon 

(Sngtanb  mit  3u^el  begnifeten  SSerbinbttng  eine  teitroeife  2tuf= 

^ebung*  eintreten  ju  taffen  ber  gegenroarttgen  —  ^Srob/ibttiD^ 

mo^regeln  - 

®onig.    28ie? 

25  ^ot^am.  2Rit  (Sinem  SBort,  ©ngtanb  bittet  itm  ben 
3tbjc^Iu§  eine§  neuen  ^anbelltraftateS. 

^  8  n  t  g.    §anbel^tra!tate§  ?  |>anbet§  —  (©teljt  ouf.  ^aufc.) 
3)ic  ©ifcung  tft  aufge^oben*. 
^ontgin.    28a§  tft*? 

30  ®ontg.  §abr  i<^  barum  bie  ^uttnr  ntetneS  Sanbe§  511 
oerebetn  gefud)t,  ftanbet  unb  (Sefoerbe  ge^oben*,  bie  ©cf)iff 
fafjrt  beforbert,  Xaufenben  Don  arnten  franjofifd^en  3Jetigton£ 


3lnftritt  IV.)  gopf  unb  (Sdjroert.  69 

fliiditfingen  *  in  meinen  ©taaten  citi  2(ft)t  gegeben,  ba£  id) 
nun,  itm  bie  Glire,  ntit  ©nglanb  Derfdjnriegert  *  §u  luerben, 
bie  Xfyore  offnen  unb  5um  SRuin  metner  lintcrtfyanen  bte 
oerbotenen  englifdjen  SBaren  toieber  tjereinlaffen  fotl?  (®e^t 

an  ben  £tfcf)  unb  flingelt.)  5 

Cafat  (crfcfjeint). 

S'ontg.    S^eine  ajJtnifter! 

^onigin.    S33te?   Sic  tooHen  ba§  ©titd  S^r  Xodjter 
opfern? 

^tertcr  Auftrttt  10 

©rutttbfott).    ©erfentiorf.    1>rei  ©cncratc.    $>te  i'origejt. 

S  5  n  i  g.  Xreten  <Ste  natjer,  meine  $erren  —  S$  ^efe 
®ieim  ungcJmffen  iiber  eine  Xepefdje,  bie  ^eutein  bergru^efiir 
mid)  au§  |>nnnooer  ongefomtnen.  ^)5ren  @ie  je^t  meine  feier* 
lidjc  ^ntroort  barauf.  (Srbprinj,  5)id)ter,  erfdjrerfen  ©tentdjt!  If 
Unferegefte  finben  bennod)  ftatt;  unfere  ®anonen  foflen  ben* 
nod)  bonnern,  unfere  Satnpen  follen  bennod)  ftinimern.  @inb 
Sie  geneigt,  ©rbprinj,  mid)  auf  ett)ig  ju  tterbinben? 

erb^rinj  (mifaerftefjeiib.)    a^ajeftat  tote?  —  SBar'   eg 
mogftd)?  20 

^  6  n  i  9.   SSoflen  @ie  mid)  ju  S^em  ertigen  ©djulbner 
modjen  —  ? 

©rbprinj  (fmtbifl.)   ^d)?  SSilb.el  — 

^onig.    SMjmen   @ie  ^urier^ferbe,   (grb^rinj,  reifen 
@ie  in  biefer  ©tunbe  aU  mein  SBedottmadjtigter  nad)  S33ien.  25 

©  r  b  p  r  i  n  5. 


meiner  2od)ter  ift   nad)   SBien 
bergeben.*      ^n    mer$eb,n    2agen    trifft    in    ben    9ftauern  30 
meiner  $Re[tbenj*  ein  ©profe*  beg  ertaudjten  Saijert)aufeg  ein. 


3°Pf  mb  ©dnwert. 


jtoingen   mid)  fiir  ben  fri;: 
biefer  Mnfunft   eine§   Sr^ersogS  permit    eine    offene  61 
ftarung  311  geben. 

®onig.     Unb  bie  ware? 

5        |>otf)am.    ®er  $rtns  toon  2BaIe§  --  tft  bereitS  f)ier 
21  He.     $>er  ^rinj  Don  2Bate§  in  --  Berlin? 
$  o  t  f)  a  m.    Sett  brei  ©tunben  tft  ber  ^Srinj  oon  2BaIe^ 
Ijier  angefommen. 

©ecfenborf.  1 
10        ©rumbfom.  }  U"m°9^! 

S1  6  n  i  g  i  n  (triump^ierenb).  2)a§  gibt  mir  ba§  Seben  loteber. 

$  6  n  i  g  (tft  Ijefttg  betroffcn,  boc^  fantmelt  er  fief)*),     ^>err    Slitter 

toon  £otl)am,  tc§  mu§  gefte^en,   bajj  mid^  btefe  9iac^rid)t 

iiberrajc^t,  \a   erfd^iittert.     Sn^eff^n    fc^reiben  @ie  e§   nur 

15  S^er  eignen  egoiftifdjen  ^Sotiti!  ju,  menn  ic^  ^fjnen  erfldre, 

bo§  fiir  mid§  in  ^Berlin  fein  grember  ejiftiert,  ber  nidjt  an 

ben  X^oren  meiner  Siefiben^  rec^tma^ig  ongemetbet  tft.  SBiO 

man  *  ntid^   auf  3  a'ufcerfte  bringen,  toitt  man  mir  ben  eignen 

SBoben  unter  ben  gujjen   unfii^er  mac^en,  fo  erfta'ren  ©ie 

20  bent  ^Srinjen  toon  2BaIe§,  ba§  id^  jlnar  fefyr  gerii^rt  bin  toon 

feiner  Slnfyangticfjfett  an  meine  gamitie,  i^n  aber  unter  folcfjni 

Sebtngungen,   bie   ba§  SSo^I   meine§   SanbeS,   baS    ®(iirf 

meiner  Unterttjanen   bebro^en,   ^oflic^ft   erfuc^en   liefee,   bn 

ttoteber  ^inauSjuge^en,  too  er  fyereingefommen  ift. 

25  8te  reifen  tm  3(uftrag  meiner  aftonardjie  nac§  2Bien. 

mine,  bie  fiinftige  S'aiferrrone  nn'rb  S)ic^  troften  unb  @,c 
2ftabame  (^ur  Somgtn  bet  (2eite),  roirb  benn  3f»r  ©tolj  ntd;i 
enblid)  fetne  ©renjen  erreidjt  |aben? 

®6nigin.     $<fy  ^abe  ©nglanb  mein  SBort  gegeben. 
30        ^iJntg.    S(ber  (gutmihtg)  menn  e§  nun   bod)  nidjt  mo> 

lid)  ift  —  ?!  (iRatjert  f4  t^r  traultc^  unb  btetet  t^r  bie  §anb.) 

^onigin    (fcetoegt,  f^tuanfenb).     SSor    einer   ©tunbe,    ja! 


?luftrttt  V.J  3opf  unb  Gdjtoert.  71 

?  fcer  ji-fct  —  (rnfft  fidj  ttriebcr  auf*  unb  entfdjloffen)  bie  perfflnltdje 
Stnfunft  beg  ^rinjen  toon  2Bafe§  Ijat  aHc§  entfdjieben! 

^6 nig.  9iun  benn,  toer  ben  ®rieg  mitt  —  (3u  §otfi,am.) 
Sic  tyaben  feine  anbern  Snftrultionen  at§  bte,  bie*  tmr 
ge^ort  ^aben?  5 

^  o  1 1)  a  m.    ®eine. 

S'dntg.  @o  empfangen  <Sic,  (Srfyrinj,  toon  mtr  bie 
^tiiftrdge  fur  SBien.  @tatt  @nglanb§  benn  ein  beutfrfjer 
Staat!  Unb  '$  ift  beffer  fo,  meine  ^erren,  '8  ift  beffer.  3tn 

jdjttefe'  id^  mi<^  an  mil  ganger  ©eete.    grember  10 
leljre  2)eutfc^tanb§  giirften  unb  SSoIfer,  etnig  fein. 

(316  in  fetn  ffabinett.) 

(2>te  ©enerole,  ©rumbfoto,  ©edenborf  folgen.) 
S'onigin   (ju  ^ot^am).    9J?ein  £err,    @ie   tjaben   einer 

beigetooljnt,  bie  S^nen  beftdtigt,  tt)a§  man  iiber  meine  15 
Sage  in   (Sngtanb   nid^t  gtauben  rooflte.     SSil^elmine,  bie 
yiac^ri^t  don  ber  2tn!unft  be§  ^rinjen  tion  SBaleg  gibt  mir 
ba§  Seben  wieber.    SReifen  <Sie  nad^  SBien,  ©rbprinj!  28er= 
ben  @ie  ^um  SSerrater  an  einer  @ac()e,  bie  fiegen  miife  tro^ 
ader  ^ntriguen  meiner  geinbe.    Sf)ren  ^rm^  Bitter  ^ot^am !  20 
2)er  ^Srinj  oon  28ate§   in  Berlin!  D,   tb^   fafj'*  e§   faum. 
gii^ren  @ie  ifjn  ju  mir  unb  bereiten  @ie  i^n  toor  auf  afleS, 
afle§!  $)oc^  nein,  Uerfc^roeigen  @ie  tljm  —  bie  empfirenben 
40000  Staler!  (Sib  mit 


^Funfter  ^uftrttt.  26 

»4Srtit,',cffiit 


il^etmine.  28a§  fagen  @ie  nun  Uon  ^rem  grcunbe? 
rinj  Don  S33ate«  ift  in  Berlin! 

9iod)  faun  irf)  nid^t  jn  mir  fetbft  fommen*. 


72  8°*>f  Mn&  ©^tuert.  (Slufeug  Hi 

£otb>m  ift  ein  SBerrater,   ein  Unbanf  barer  ,  ber  mid),  bet 
un3  afle  betrogen  fjat! 

2B  ill)  elm  inc.  Seten  @ie  borfid)tiger,  fitnftig  Don 
greunbfdjaft  unb  Stebe  $u  fpredjen,  unb  —  leben  Ste  toclil  ! 

5  (SBttl  bet  ffontfltn  nad).) 

(Srbprinj.     ^rin^effin,  bag  ber  ^bfdjteb,  mab^renb  id) 
mitf)  riifte,  bem  Xob  ober  ber  ^erjroeiflung  entgegenjugeb^en? 
SQ3iIb;eImine.    Sn  SSien  flirbt  fWd*  nic^t  fo  tetdjt  - 
(Srbprtnj.    <Sie  fonnen  glauben,  bo§  id^  je^t  au§  Sfyrer 
10  ^ab^e  ^eiben  toerbe,   jejjt,  roo  ber  ©lanj   be§  perfonlidjen 
$fuftreten§*  eine^  ^Srtngen  toon  3Bate§  2Bit^etminen§  Sluge, 
otettetcftt  ib^r  £er§  btenben  mirb? 

3Bitb^eImine.    3^  mufj,  tcb,  feb,'  el  ja,  anfangen,  mein 
§erj  nur  no^.  itnter  bem  ®efic|t§punlt  ber  ^Sotittf  ju  be- 
15  trad^ten. 

@  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.  8ie  jmetfetn  an  metner  ^lufrtdjttgfeit,  ^Srtn= 
^effin?  <Sie  mifctrauen  einem  |>erjen,  ba§  nut  einmat 
ioat)rb,aft  Itebte,  etnmat  unb  ettrig,  @ie,  2BtI^etmtne! 

SStt^etntine     (beifeitc).     SBa're*    btefe    ©prad6e    fciue 
20  £aufd)uttg? 

©rbprtnj.  ^Srmjeffin,  trig  fiib^Ie,  ma§  id)  ^nen  jd;u(big 
bin.  iEBaljrtjeit  oor  ber  28ett,  aufrtd)tige  SBerbung  urn  ^()rc 
§anb;  fctbft  mit  ®efa^r,  6ie  auf  eiotg  ju  toerlieren.  34 
geb^e  jum  iffonig,  ja,  idj  erflare  tb^nt  jefct,  je^t  in  biefem 
25  Slugenbtirf,  ba^  id)  unfa^ig  bin,  feinem  SBunfd)  ju  bienen; 
tc^  roerfe  mid)  ib.m  ju  giiBen  unb  geftefje  mit  offener  (Sljrlid)= 
fett,  bafe  id)  Ste  tiebe.  SBoHen  ©ie? 


©  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.    @ie  jittern,  ^dn^-jfin  ?  3d)  fiifjte,  ba^  3^)r 

30  finblidjeS  ^petj    Dor  bent  ©ebanfen  bebt,  3^n  (Sitern  ju 

broken   unb    ber   ©ttnime  3^^er    eignen    2Ba|I    ju    fotgen. 

jlber  —  •  iagen  6ie,  gtauben  @ie  an  ba*  $er§  3^)reg  SSateri? 


SluftrtttYLJ  Sopf  unb  <Srf)toert.  73 

28  i  If)  elm  inc.    @a  tft  tooH  ®flte  unb  Siebe. 

@:rbprin§.     SBofytan!  (Sr  l)at  mid)  auSgejeidjnet,  er  fjat 
^ertrauen  511  mir  geroonnen.     3)ie  2(nroefenf)eit  be§  ^rin^en 
uon  2Bate§  reijt  itjn,  biefer  ^ii^ti^ett  bie  ©tirn  ju  bieten. 
^rt)    f^itbere    i^m    bie  Sage    meineS   ^erjenS,   utib   bann    5 
JBit^etmine  —  bann?  —  SBenn  er  bie  |>anb  toerjagt? 

28  i  I  ^  e  I  m  i  n  e    (fi^  abnjenbenb).   @ie  toerben  —  Xroft  — 
finben  — 

(Srbprinj.    Unb  tuenn  er  fie  gettmljrt? 

2Bitt)etntine  (mit  iifiertoalttgtent  ©efuljl  unb  ben  boHen  2Iu§bntcf)  *  10 
tf)re§  §eraen§  gebenb,  akr  bafcet  f^atf^aft*).    S)ann  fiirc^t'  irfj,  toerben 
@ie  bod^  %i)i  SBort  nitfjt  fatten  —  jur  Strafe,  bajj  ic^  @ie 
fo  graufam  gequd'It  fjabe! 

ab.) 


Auftrttt.  15 

(aHetn). 


©rbprtttj.    @ie  liebt  ntid^!   @o  ift  benn  @in§  ent= 
frfjieben!  $$e|t  ge^'  ic^  ben   geraben   2Beg,  mitten  in   ben 
be§  Soroen  ^inetn.    SBa§   bleibt  nod)  iibrig?   S3on 
oerraten,  nirfjtS  aU  2BiI^)eIminen§  Siebe  —  unb  ber  20 
(®eljt  an  bie  S^ur  be8 


Stebcnter  ^litftrttt. 

CT-ucromann.    (f-rl)pvin(v 


(tritt  »om  Sontfl  ^erau§.)    2BoI)in, 
Srbprinj.     $um  ,^onig.  35 

^in^n  ifyn  in  grofjcm 
fiber  luen? 


74  3opf  ««b  ©djwnt.  [fcufoua  III 

(5oer§mann.     U6er  @ie,  $rinj. 
(Srbpring.     <3te  fcfjer^en. 

©derSmann.    $)te  ©efanbtfdjaft  nacb,  SBien  iibernimmt 
ber  ^er^og  don  SBei&enfelS. 
5        (Srbtortnj.    2Ba§  ift  ba§  nun  ttrieber? 

(SderSmann.  ©eneralfisfatifdje  Unterfudjungen.   @6en 

an  ben  ®dnig  getangt.     ©«  mar  bod^  etn  ^erucfentnod^er! 

SrBprtnj.    @ie  finb  toll!    %<§   mu§  ben  ^onig   in 

ber  ttndjttgftenSlngetegenljett  meine§  Seben§  fprecfjen.  (5sm  rjinein.) 

10        (StierSmann.     Srlauben  @ie,   ^rinj!    @e.  2Kaicflcit 

iiberfdjicfen  S^)nen  ^iefen  iBrief. 

@r b  p  rtn  5  (ntmmt  ben  Srtef  unfa  Heft).    ,,5tn  metnen  @ot)ii, 
ben  ^ronprtn^en  oon  ^reufjen.    (Sigenb^dnbig  *,   btnnen   24 
©timben  in  9?b,ein§berg  abjugeben,  gefd'Higft  burdj  ben  @rb^ 
15  prinjen   toon  SBaireutlj."  -  -  2)a§  ift  ja  eine  formtic§e  - 
SlitSttjeifitng  au§  83erltn!  SSie  lommt  bal  gerabe  je^t? 

(£toer§monn.  'ne  fjofttdje  Slnbeutung  blo|.  @8  ift 
atte§  entbecft  —  unb  nic^t  6lojj  oon  hiegen*  Sftaptnt^re! 
^ein,  aftajeftat  fennt  @tc  je^t  tjoflftanbig  afe  Slbgefanbten 
20  beg  ^ronprinjen,  ber  b,ier  in  SBerttn  ^ait§  unb  £>of*  in 
9let»otution  bringen  foflte.  3Iuf  @ie*  ^at  ber  ^eriicfen^ 
madder  aHe§  befannt.  (Sro.  ^pofjeit  fomen  mir  gteic§  fo 
oerbfid^tig  toor.  ©tucflidge  9teife  nad^  SRljeinSberg !  (sib.) 

©rbprinj.    SSerroten  unb  oerfauft*  Don  atten  @eiten  ! 

25         $  0 1  b,  a  m  (trttt  fc^nett  bon  faer  Somgm  ^erauS).  ^Srinj,  gtiicf-- 

lic^e  SBotfd&aft,  bie  ^rinjeffin  ift  auf§  neue  tierb,aftet  morben 

©rbprinj.    S)a§  nennen  <3ie,  SSerrd'ter,  eine  gtflcftidjc 

Sotfogaft? 

^ot^am.    3^od^  tne^r,  ^rinj!   $er  SSerrater   ^at   niit 
30  SSergniigen   geb,8rt,  ba§  aucb,  @ie  beim  S'onig   pto^Iidg    in 
llngnabe  gefaflen  finb. 

S3ergniigen  fjaben  @ie   ba§   get)6rt? 


Suftritt  VII.)  3opf  unb  ©djiucrt.  75 

f>otb,am.  £>er  s-8errater  oerftdjcrt  ©ie  auf  (Sfjre,  bafc 
e§  !etnen  glnrffidjereit  ?Bcg  geben  lonnte,  ^jljte  SKiinfd^c  ju 
erfiitten. 

@rb:prin$.     i^oflen  6ie  mid)  roafynfimtig  madjen? 
£otb,am.     Um   loenigftenS   bie    erfte    Heine  $)oud(je*    5 
iiber  ^^^  3umfel  jit  giefeen,  (fic^t  ftc^  um)   tefen  <Sie  biefc 
Stcfle  etne§  SBricfc*,  ben  tr^  foeben  empfangen  ^abe. 

nj.     SBab.rfdjemtic^    ein    SBittet    toon    S^rcm 
Don  2Ba(e3? 

ttjam.    Sefen  @te  nurl  10 

nj  (Heft).    ,,8onbon,  ben  5. 

|)  0  t  f)  a  m  (Acigt  i^m  toeiter  unten).  S)ort ! 

@  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.   ,,@ie  ftagen  mic^  nad^  -fteirigfeiten  »om 

finb  toir  jiemlic^  arm  baron.    5)er  ^rinj  don 
befmbet  fii^  norf)  intmer  —  ouf  ber  (Sberjagb  —  in  ben  ^>od^=  16 
malbern*  be§  SSaHtfer  SanbcS"*  —  $er  ^rtna  tft  —  nit^t 
in  Sertin? 

^ot^om  (ifidjeinb  fid)  umfiiidenb).  ©benf onjenig ,  loie  ©ie 
gegentDorttg  im  ^ataft  Don  Saint  3ame§. 

(grb^rinj.    Slber  ma§  foU  icf)  batton  benfen  — ?        20 

$  o  t  f)  a  m.  S)a&  @ie  ju  !>otb,am§  greunbj^aft,  (Srgebcn= 
^eit  unb  ^tugfjeit  ein  beffere§  SSertrauen  b,aben*  fofltcn! 

©rbprinj.     2)er  ^3rtna  tion  2Sate3  ift  nid^t  in  Berlin? 

£otb,am.  @t!  @r  ift  nic^t  b^er  fitr  un§;  er  i[t  ober 
Ijier  fiir  a  He,  fiir  jeben!  5)er  ^rinj  tjon  2BaIe§  ift  ba,  bort,  25 
^inter  ber  28anb,  tra  Samin,  in  ber  Suft,  unter  ber  (Srbe, 
nirgenW,  too  er  unS  im*  SBege  ftefjt,  unb  ilberatt  ba,  »o 
nrir  i^n  braud^en  toerben  jur  fpafjijafteften  ^omdbtc  Don 
ber  SBelt! 

(£  r  b  p  r  i  n  3.     §otl)am,  id)  tjatte  mid;  in  %$wc  greunb=  30 
fd^aft  nidfjt  betrogen? 

^otb/am.    (Seitbem  unfer  $anbet$traftat  burc^gefaHen 


76  3°tf  «n&  @rf)h>ert.  [Bur'aug  III 


tft,  ^enjotoenig ,  toie  irf)  mid)  trofc  ®erfer  unb  Ungnabc 
je|t  in  Sfyrer  ^offimng  irre!  Slber  fommen  @te  —  ju  bem 
®obotbe*,  ber  fiir  un§  arbeiten  fofl,-  ju  bem  ra'tfel^aften 
©etfte,  mit  bem  ttrir  Oon  ^eut  an  bte  2BeIt  in  Slngft  unb 
5  ©rfjrecfen  oerfe^en  moHen,  §u  S^)rem  macfjttgen  ©egner,  aber 
nod)  marfjtigeren  SunbeS  genoffen  — 

(Srbprinj    |  (lat^enb  unb  ftaunenb).    @ie  meinen  — 
^jot^am.      /  gum  ^rin^en  toon 

(SBeibe  ob.) 
10  (Dei  SSortjaiifl  fattt.) 


ARGUMENT  TO  ACT  IV. 

The  King  who  is  aware  that  secret  meetings  are 
held,  in  the  Queen's  apartments,  resolves  to  surprise  the 
Queen  and  has  given  orders  to  the  guards  on  duty  to 
let  any  white  domino  pass  unmolested.  Hotham  who  learns 
this  secret  order  from  a  conversation  with  Eversmann  and 
Seckendorf,  intends  to  make  use  of  it  in  behalf  of  the 
Prince  of  Baireuth  whom  he  means  to  introduce  that  night 
into  the  Queen's  and  Wilhelmina's  presence  disguised  as 
the  expected  Prince  of  Wales,  whose  visit  he  announces 
to  the  Queen. 

When  Hotham  takes  leave  of  the  King  the  latter  at 
first  ignores  him  but  becomes  reconciled  when  Hotham  asks 
him  as  a  favour  to  allow  a  young  Englishman  of  rank 
to  join  his  glorious  army  as  a  private.  He  even  invites 
the  English  ambassador  to  take  part  that  night  in  the 
famous  Xobafsfoflegiiim. 

The  Prince  of  Baireuth  has  also  received  an  invitation 
to  the  Tobacco  Assembly  and  is  informed  by  Hotham  that 
the  King  intends  to  make  him  the  laughing-stock  of  the 
company.  When  the  meeting  takes  place  the  Prince 
is  able  to  parry  all  blows  aimed  at  him  and  makes  a  deep 
impression  on  the  King  when  he,  under  the  disguise  of 
drunkenness,  addresses  to  the  King  some  cutting  remarks 
on  the  latter's  weak  points  in  his  family  life,  and  especially 
on  his  disregard  of  Wilhelmina's  feelings  in  trying  to  barter 
her  away  like  a  piece  of  good. 


flutter 


OBrfle 


Corjimtner  beS  So'iugS  au§  bem  9(mang  be§  jtoetten  StufeitgS. 
bent  Sifcfje  Sdjretbntaterialten. 

©rfier  Auftrttt. 
(SDcrc-matnt.     ®ann  Scrfcnborf. 


(trttt  bom  Kb'nig  ^erau§). 

©etfenbotf   (ftedt  ben  Sopf  bur^  bie  Xljur).     <St! 
ntonn!   ^>oben  @ie  i^n  fc^on  gefe^en? 
10        ©tierSmonn.    SBen,  ^err  ®raf? 

@ecfenborf.  S)cn  ^grinjen  toon  2Bo(e§.  @r  ift  in 
ber  Zfyat  in  ^Berlin  —  UberaH  !^at  man  iljn  ge^en  — 
Unter  ben  Sinben*  --  an  ber  <Stecfj&aIjn  --  fogar  Winter 
Xrcpton)  —  eine  fcfyntticfytig*  gebaute  ®cftatt,  etroa§  u'ber- 
15  gebciigt*  —  bie  Itnfe  Sdjulter  ift  urn*  einen  fyalben  3°^ 
^o^er  at§  bie  recite.  93eim  S^iedjen  fe^It  i^m*  cin 
Slugen^a^n. 

@oer§mann.    2)er  fi'ontg  erfennt  !einen  ^rinjen  tion 
2BaIe§  an. 

20  vgedfenborf.  9}?an  ^intcrge^t  un§,  ©dergmann!  5)er 
S&nig  er!ennt  itjn  benuoct)  an.  (£dfc).  Obcrl)abcu  8ictiid)t3  oon 
bem  fonberbaren,  l)6ct)ft  auffaOonbcn,  afle  unfereSombtnationen 


Huflritt  L]  3cpf  unb  Sdjroevt.  79 

mnftofjenben  @cf)to§befet)t*  gefyort?  2Ifle  SBadjen  finb  an- 
ijeroiefen,  einen  tneifjen  domino,  falls  fid)  ein  fofrfjer  be§ 
•JJarfjtS*  im  ©djtoffe  jeigen  im'irbe,  ungefyinbert  unb  fogar 
nnangerufen  paffieren  ju  laffen.  Segreifen  @ie  bortn  ntrf)t 
^^e  $Riicf|"tci)ten  filr  ben  ^rinjcn  Don  28ate§?  2)er  i[t  e§,  ber 
fid)  auf  biefe  Strt  ^etmticl)  511  @r.  9JjQJe[tdt  einfrf)Iet(^t 
(SuerSmann,  ade  unfere  ^ornbinationen  fiir  i&fterreid)  finb 
in  (5}efab,r.  (aj^an  podjt.)  2ftan  erjc^ricft  orbentlid)  Oor  jebem 


(Soerlmann.    @§  tuirb  ber  £>offrf)tietber  jctn  --  er=  10 
fauben  @ie.    |)a,  ^n!  (®c^t  an  bte  Sfjiir.)  2)er  lueifee  2)omino! 

©ecfenborf.    2)er  |>offd)neiber  ?  2Ba§  fott  benn  nun 
loieber  ber  £oft~rf)neit>er  ?   Unb  ein   roeifeer  $>otnino?   35a§ 
^ntereffe  3Bien§  ift  unb  bteibt  bebro^t.     3)er  ^onig  ift  b  o  c^ 
fiir  (Sngtanb!  3^  tnufe  (Seioi&ljeit  tiaben.    S^un  ift  eS  Qtit,  15 
ba§  id^  mic^  mit  ganger  ^raft  entroicfte*. 

Broeiter  Auftrttt. 

^tot^am.    GocrSmaun  (mit  einem  fletnen  $afct).    ©crfcnborf. 


(oerbeugt  fid)).    <§e.  9Wajeftat  ^aben  mtr  eine 

ju  benjiHigen  geru^t  20 

(StierSmann.     ©otten  fogleid§  gemetbet  tuerben,  ^>err 
fitter.      (Dcffnct  ba§  $afet  unb  jtc^t   einen  ttjcifeen  S)omino 
sJian,  ^>err  don  ©erfenborf,  (!arf)dnb)  wenn  @ie  ben 
don  9Bo(e§  fe^en  woUen,  (aeigt  ouf  ben  ®omtno)  ba  ift  er! 

(9[b  jum  Sontg.)  25 

©ecfenborf  (6cifeitc).  3)a§  ber  ^Srinj  don  SBateS? 
|>ot^am  (6eifeite).  (£in   mei|er  3)omino   ber  ^rinj  don 


©ecfenborf  (beifette).   2Bte  frmbinier'  ic§  mtr  benn  ba§ 
nun  roieber?  30 


80  3°Pf 

f>  o  t  b,  a  m  (beifette).  ©oflte  bafjinter  toteftetdjt  ein  (35eb,etm= 
nte  fteden*? 

©erfenborf  (beifette).  grf)  tm'fl  ben  fitter  £oth>m  au§* 
juforfc^en  fudjen. 

5        $  oil}  am  (beifette).   93iefleirf)t,   bafj*  mir  ber  befternte* 
£err  ba  5lu§funft  geben  fann. 

©erfenborf  (raufpert  ftcf)).  SBie  befinben  fic^  be§ 
^rinjen  oon  SSaleS  tomgtic^e  ^o^eit  in  Berlin?  Sin  ®raf 
©erfenborf. 

10        4?ot^ant.    ^^  crfreut.    ©jjeflcns   faljen  ja,   er  be- 
finbet  fid)  (jeigt  e»et§mann  nac^)  in  ben  beflen  ^)anben. 

©edfenborf  (ftufet.  Seifeite).  SBeflen  |>anben?  goppt  ber 
midj  ober  fop^t  man  i^n?  (£§  fd;eint,  er  fterft  mit*  in 
bent  ®omplott 

16       ^ot^om  (fcifette).    Dog  3Ki|t)erftanbni§  f^annt  rneine 
9ieugier. 

©edtenbotf.    @te  trren  fid),  $err  Slitter,  menn  ©ie 

gtauben  foflten,  ba§  toir  ben  Setuerbungen  be§  ^rtnjen  Don 

2Bate§  entgegengearbeitet  *  Ijaben.    SSerfdjaffeu  ©ie  mir  ®e- 

20  tegen^eit,  ben  ^5rinjen  511  fpredjen,  unb  id)  merb'  e§  mir  §ur 

@^re  anred^nen,  ifjm  biefe  5Serftd^erung  miinblidj  ju  nrieber* 


^  o  t  §  a  m  (auf  bie  Sljttr  be§  «ontg§  seigenb).  2)er  Sintritt  in 
ba§  ^abinett  ©r.  2ftajeftat  be§  ^6nig§  fte^t  ja,  hrie  ic^  ^ore, 

25  bem  faijerltdjen  (Sefanbten  jit  jeber  3^it  offen. 

©edenborf  (beifeite).  ^abinett  be§  ®5ntg§  ?  SSo^in  eben 
ber  ^offdjneiber  ben  roeifeen  2)omino  —  (Saut.)    § 
Don  ^ot^om,  ift  Sfjnen  DteHeidjt  bie  ©age  don  ber 
grau  befannt,  bie  feit  ^a^r^iinberten  mit  ber  ®efd)icf)te  bc^ 

30  branbenburgifdjen  $aufe§  Derfd)n)iftert  *  ift? 

.     jp  o  t  ^  a  m.    3att)0^,  ©jcetlenj,  id)  b^ore,  ba§  fie  fid)  fcit 
einiger  3ci 


ttuftritt  H.]  3opf  itnb  @d)n>ert.  81 


©erfenborf  (bdfeite).  ©eit  einiger  Qtit.  (££  ift  ein 
plott!  Unter  bem  ®ef)eimni§  ber  SBeifcen  jfrau  betru'gt  man 
un*.  2)er  ^rinj  °°n  28ale§  fteljt  mit  bem  ®6nig  im  »oH^ 
ftfmmenften  @in&erneb,men.  (Saut.)  |>err  Don  f>otl)am,  ©ie 
ipielen  ein  boppelte§  (Spiel,  ©erabe  tjerau§!  2)ei  ^rinj  5 
ift  nicfjt  nur  ^ier,  er  roirb  aud^  beim  ^onig  jeber$eit  oor* 
Hi'laffen. 

^  o  t  f)  a  m.    28orau§  fdjtiefeen  @te  ba§  ? 

©ecfenborf.     (£3  ift  artig  auSgebactjt,  bte  ©age  Don 
bet  SBeifcen  grau  gerabe  je|t  luieber  in  Umlauf  511  bringen  *.  10 

^ot^am.    Ser  ^outg  roirb  feine  Urfac^en  baju  ^aben. 

Secfenborf.  2)er  ^onig?  5ltfo  luirftic^  ber  ^onig 
feine  —  ?  |>ab,a!  Unb  @ie  gtauben  nit^t,  ba§  man  ba§ 
feine*  Spiel  burcbjdjaut,  ba§  e§  Slugen  gibt,  bte  auc^  bet 
^iactjtjeit  geroiffe  ^Serfonen  im  5)unfeln  iiber  bte  ^ofe  be§  15 
fbntgltdjen  (Si^loffe§  f^leid^en  fe^en,  D^ren,  bie  e§  beutltc^ 
t)6uen,  ba^  biefe  $erfonen  begb,alb  nicb,t  angerufen  roerben, 
loeil  fie  —  b,a,  fya,  l)a  !  etnen  roei§en  domino  tragen  ?  Sieber 
|)err  oon  ^pot^arn,  @ie  miiffen  %fyr;e  ^Itine  bod^  nod^  ettt)a§ 
feiner  einfdbeln,  mean  Sie  nic^t  ben  einfadjften  ^ombinationen  20 
53(6§cn  geben*  rooflen.  Slber  bauen  ©ie  nic^t  $u  oiel  auf 
bte  ©Doming,  bie  ber  $6nig  bem  ^Srinjen  Don  2Bale3  an* 
gL%bett)en  IdBt!  @£  ift  fetn  9ieffe,  er  toitt  ib,n  nid^t  fompro* 
iittttteren,  er  la'fjt  il)n  beSb.alb  unter  atterlet  SSerfletbungen 
au^-  unb  einpaffieren.  ®lauben  ©ie  mir,  bag  ift  afle»  tt)a§  25 
er  b,ier  $u  tjoffen  l)at.  SSenigftenS  toiirbe  e§  mir  leib  tb,un, 
mcnn  ein  junger,  erft  beginneubec  ®tplomat,  nne  ©ie,  in 
biefem  2Binf  nicfjt  Oon  etnem  ©taatlmatm  etma^  lernen 
uiollte,  ber  ^roanjig  %afyict  fcfjon  foiubtniett  ^at  unb  in  ®om= 
biaationen  nodg  ntdjt  iibertroffen  ift.  (sib.)  9C 


82  8opf  unb  Sdjtoert.  [Slufeua  IV. 

JDrttter  Aufhrttt 

§otljam.    2)ann  ber  fiiwifl.    (SJriimfcfotei.    (f-icrSntantt. 

£>otb,am  (aHetn).  $)ie  233arf)en  laffen  einen  tueifeen  $)omtno 
pajfteren  au§  9tiicf[icb,t  auf  ben  ^rinjen  Don  SSateS,  ber  a,ar 
5  ntcfjt  erjftiert?  Unb  in  ba§  ®abinett  beg  ftonigS  tra'gt  man 
in  ber  £t)at  einen  mei§en  35omtno?   ^)ter  finb  (yuet  2ljat* 
fatten.     5)er   Sonig  felbft  ^at   ein  nact)t(id)e5   2Ibenteuer 
dor,  loobet  er  oon  feinen  SBad^tpoften  nid^t  geftbrt  fetn  tniU. 
Seine  ©unftltnge,  bie  afle§  gu  erfafyren  fucfjen  unb  bo<^  nur 
10  at(e§  ^atb   miffen,   bringen  ben  @rf)Iofcbefeb,l  nut  bent  ©e= 
f^enft,  genannt  ^rinj  oon  2Bate§,  in  SSerbtnbung  nnb  fe|en 
eine  <5cJ)onung  be§*  jungen  Slbenteurer§   melleirf)!  au§  tier= 
roanbtfd^aftlic^en  StiicEfic^ten  ober  toof)!  gar*  au§ 
2tt>jtcb,ten  oorau§.     Unbejab^tbar!    (Se^t  fic^,  urn  i 
15  etwas  p  fe^reiben.)    2)o  fonnt'  td^  unter  bem  SSortt)anbe,  ben 
don  28ale§  einjufu' b,ren ,  ben  aii§  S3er(in  unb  bem 
Derbannten  (Srbprinjen  toieber  ungeb.inbert  balb  ju 
feiner  gefangenen  ^rinjeffin,   batb  jur  S'onigin*  --  ei,  ba§ 
tt)irb  ©onnenlidjt!   5lber  erft  nod^  Sturm.  $)er  ^onig  fommt. 
20         Sonig  (jmn  8tu?ge^en  berett).    ©ritmbfott.    EoerSmann. 
$5  nig  (fpri^t  f^on  braufeen).     SSer,  fagten  @ie? 
©rumbfott).    ®er  fitter  Don  |>otb,am. 
^6 nig  (eintretenb).    Sagen  @ie  ib/m,  id§  Itefec  mid^  ifjnt 
unb  feinem  engtifd^en  s^retsfourant  beftenS  empfeb.fen*  - 
25  2Bir  ttmren  b,ier  in  Serlin  nic^t  baumtuolltfd)  gefinnt  — 

©rumbfott)  (jeigt  auf  £otfjam,  ber  ftc^  betbeuflt).     £>err   t)0n 
^otfiam  roiinfdEjt  @ro.  Sftajeftat  perfonttcb,  au^uwarten. 

^  o  n  i  g.    ©agen  Sie  ib,m,  $reu§en  nat)me  fi<^  jufammen. 
25ie  be«tjrf)en    gabrifanten    mii^ten  Suft    b/aben*,  urn   ben 
30  (Snglanbern  b-4«  na^utjafpetn  unt  na^uraeben*,  »a3   bie 
un«  fdjon  oorauS  finb. 


Stuftritt  III.]  8opf  mtb  ©djrocrt.  83 

©rumbforo.  £)err  Don  §otb,am  ift  int  -Begrtff,  fid) 
Oon  (Stt).  SWajfflat  fcfbft  bie  (Sntlnffnng  ^u  erbitten. 

^6 nig  (nidn  ndjicitb).  2)te  9lngclegent)cit  ift  abgctfyan. 
Oflm  burd)  meine  SJtinifter!  ^d)  jiefye  bie  ublidjen  Sormcn 
dor.  (Scfct  fid)-)  5 

®  r  u  m  b  f  o  tu  (in  bcv  3Jiittc).  ©ie  feb,en,  ^>err  toon ^otb.am  — 

f>  o  t  b,  a  m  (su  ©rumbfom).  6agen  @te  @r.  S^ajeflat,  ^>err 
©enerat,  baft  id)  nnertMid)  bebaure,  ben  Qmed  meiner  9?eife 
Derfe^ft  §u  fyaben.  Sagen  <Sie  it)m  — 

©runt b torn.     <£e.  9)?aje[tat  ftnb  gugcgen!  10 

$  o  t  b,  a  nt.  @agen  <Sie  i{|m,  bafj  bie  ^nbuftrie  eine§ 
Sanbe§  jafyrbimbertjafjrige  *  SSorbereitungen  bebarf,  urn  ben 
$retefurant  j'o  niebrtg  ju  ftetlen*,  ftie  i^n  ber  engtifd)e 
^oufnmnn  ficflt.  Sagen  <Sie  i^m  - 

©rumbfoto.     SBotten  (Sic  nidjt  ©r.  aftajeftat  ^erfon=  15 
tidj  -? 

^ot^am.    3d)  jie^e  bie  iibtid;en  gornten  t»or. 

^  0  n  i  g  (fi^cnb  unb  ftd)  mil  S^ottjen  in  fetncr  SBrteftafdie  befdiaftigenb). 

©an^  fd)6n!  Unb  bann,   ©rumbforo,   metben  @ie  ib,m  and) 
Don  wgen  be§  ^Brinjen  toon  28ale§,   idj  njoflt'  eift  nod)  in  20 
Berlin   etn   paar  neue   ^b,ore  bauen  loffen,  je|t  mii^t'   er 
fdjon,  urn  fid)  au§  bem  ©taube  ju  macb,en*,  mit  ben  alien 
fiirlieb  netjmen*. 

©runibfom.    (Sefjr  njo^L 

^>  o  t  b,  a  m.    Unb  fiigen  @ie  gefafligft  ^inju,  £>err  Oon  25 
©rumbfort),  ba  man  annetjmen  biirfte,  ba§  bie  ^Brinjeffin  bie 
gteidjen  (Sni^finbungen  fiir  itjren  SSettcr,  ben  ^rinjen  Don 
SBateS,  b,egt  - 

S'onig.    5)arauf  geljen  @ie  gar  nid)t  ein*,  ©riunbfott), 
fonbern  erftaren  @te  ib,m,  bafj  mcine  Sinber  geftiob.nt*  finb,  30 
meinen  SBiflen  ju  erfu'tlen,   unb  bie  @adje  mit  SBien   and; 
jdjon  fo  gut  njie  in  3tid)tigfett  ift.  y  3ierftanbcn  *  ? 


84  3°Pf 

©runtbfoU).     (geljr  i 

$otb,ant.  gugen  <3ie  audj  fyinju,  £err  tion  ©rumbfoto, 
baft  tdj  beim  2lfcfd)ieb  don  @r.  Sftajeftat  mtr  b,atte*  eine 
®nabe  auSbttten  rooflen. 

5        ®  5  n  i  g.     ©rumbforo,  @ie  miiffen  i^n  bann  aui^  fo  bei- 
Inuftg  fragen,  roa§  ba§  fur  'ne  ®nabe  jein  foU. 

£ot&,atn.    ^erc  General! 

©rumbfora.    |>err  tion  $ot6,am! 

^ot^am.   SSenn  fid)  ber  ^onig  geneigt  jdgt,  bte  bittere 

10  2Irt,  roie  er  einen   Serounberer  feiner  militatifcfien  ©rofse 

entla&t,   au§  i^m  angebornem  (Sbelmut  ttneber   gut  madden 

ju   tooflen,   bann   fagen   @te  i^m,    ic^  b.atte   einen   fc^6n= 

gebauten  fraftigen  jungen  9ftann,  einen  nab,en  Sefannten  toon 

mtr,  au§  guter  gamilte,  ber   e§   fi<^  gur  ©b.re  anred)nen* 

15  miirbe,   unter   ben  rufjmtoollen   gab.nen  @r.  9JJajeftdt   dow 

unten  auf*  ju  bienen. 

^6nig.  ®rumbfotu!  @ie  fonnen  bann  au^  bent  $emt 
oon  f>ot^am  fagen,  ba§  ntir  fein  SSefen,  feine  9ftanieren 
recftt  roofjt  gefaden  l^aben  unb  ba&  ic^  don  ^er^en  ttwnfcf)te, 
20  bte  Sngtdnber  roaren  aHe  don  feinent  ©cf)Iage*.  SSa§  ben 
jungen  9ftann  anbelangt*,  fo  Iie&'  ic^  ib,n  fragen*,  ob  fid) 
ber  SRefrut  felbft  equtpteren*  tooflte? 

^pot^ant.    giigen  @ie  aud^  b,tn$u,  $err  (Senerat,  ba^ 

fid)   ber  junge   9ftann    bet   @r.   SKajeftat  Slrmee  etnfteHen 

25  mi'tcbe,  uorfdjriftSma'&ig  angetb,an*,  |>aar  unb  ^>er§  auf  ber 

redjten  ©tette,  unb  bafj  er  aud)  einen  artigen  SDhtttcrpfennig* 

mttbringt. 

^6 nig   (immer  onaeneljmer  bfrit()ri).    SSon   einent   gebornen 

Snglanbet  ntdjt  anberS   ju    ermarten.     ©rumbfoiD,  fragen 

30  @te  it)it  aud^,  ben  fitter,    ob    ber  jungc  Wann,   ber  ob.ne 

3'Detfct  in   (Snglanb  ba§  preufeifdje  (£jor^itiuni  *   einfufyren 

foil,  hcff.'r  511  ^ufe  obfr  511  s^ferbe  roarc? 


Jluftrttt  HI.]  gojjf  unb  ©cfjwert.  85 

^otfjorn.  @r  bittet  urn  cine  ©tetle  bet  ben  ®arbe- 
bragonern  in  ^otlbam. 

®onig.  $ot§bam!  $a§  geb,t  nidjt*.  9{fle§*  nrifl  gur 
®arbe!  Sftein,  nein,  er  fann  cintreten  --  toortaufig  in  —  in 

bei   ben    ©tafenappfdjen    giiftlieren*.    9Judj   etn    5 
Regiment. 

jottjam.  5)riiden  <Sie  <5r.  SD^aieftat  meinen  innigften 
au§.  %n  einigen  Xagen  mirb  ber  junge  Beirut  bie 
tjaben,  fic^  @r.  9Kajeftat  borgufteflen. 

S'ontg.     |)5ren    <Sie*,    ©rumbfoto,   menn    man   au§  10 
greunbfc^aft  bem  fitter  ^ot^am  anbote,  bet  unl  at§  SBerbe* 
officer  ein^utreten? 

^ot^am.  3)tefe  @^te  miirbe  er  au§fd^Iagen*f  ftd^ 
bafitr  aber  eine  jiueite  ®nabe  erbttten*  — 

^onig.    3)ie  ware?  15 

£>ot:b,am.  ^n  affen  gdhmgen,  {n  auen  3fjeifeberid)ten 
tieft  man  toon  einer  ©efetlfdjaft  in  ^Berlin,  bie  jebe  SSor* 
[teflung  iibertrifft,  bie  fic^  ein  (Sngtanber  toon  ®lub§*  unb 
qe^Ioffenen  ®efeQfd) often*  nur  madjen  fann. 

Sontg.     5)a§   foflte   bet    un§   in  SBertin    bie  ^otijei  20 
bittben?   2)a  bin  id)  borf)  neugierig. 

^  o  t  b,  a  m.  @in  genuitlidjer  SKann  berfammett  njodjent^ 
lid)  einigemat  in  einem  fleinen  niebrigen  Dimmer  bc§  @djloffe§ 
eine  Heine  auscrtefene  (Sefeflfdjaft  con  SRdnnern,  benen  er 
fein  nad)[te§  SSertrauen  frfjenft.  Sluf  loljernen  ©djemetn  25 
fi^enb,  oft  mit  auSgejogenen  Sflodfen,  ben  SBierfrug  dor  fid) 
auf  bem  groben  £ifrf)  t>on  Sidjen^olj,  bie  bampfenbe  b.oHan* 
bifdje  Xb^onpfeife  tm  9ftunbe,  untertjdtt  man  fid)  bafetbft  trofc 
ber  b.ob.en  ©tefliing,  ttpefdje  biefe  Scanner  atte  in  ber  SBelt 
etnneb.mcn,  auf  bie  ungebunbenfte*  SSeife.  Sinige,  bie  nidjt  30 
raudjen  fonnen,  fatten,  um  bag  ©nfembte  nidit  p  ftoren, 
bie  'iBfeife  fait  im  S^unbe.  ?)en  ©toff  jum  Sad)en  bietet 


86  3°Pf  unb  ©cfiiBert  l*ufjitg  IV 

getoofynlid)  ein  Sftttglieb  bar,  unb  e§  gefyt  f5*mltdj*  nadi 
bent  Sofe.  $)a§  8ttd)b(att*  ber  luftigen  (Satire  ju  toerbcii, 
fann  an  jeben  bie  Stelae  fommen.  3n  cine  ©ifjung  biefcr 
fonberbarften  afler  |>ofa[iembleen  etngefiiljrt  geroefen  gu  fein  *, 
5  toa're  fiir  mid)  etne  ber  benftoflrbigften  (grtnnernngen,  bie  id) 
Oon  Sertin  mit  ^inmegjune^men  tuiinic&en  fonnte. 

So  nig.    5ltte  ^Better,  ®rumb!onj,  id)   gtaube  gar,   er 
tneint  nnfere  —  Xabagie*? 

£ott)am.     5)a§   wettberiifimte  preu§ifd)e   Xaba?§foIIe= 
10  gium  * ! 

^8 nig.    Unb  bat>on  fatten  @ie  —  fyatte  ber  Slitter  - 
S^ein  —  (fteijt  auf)  je^t  braud)'  id)  bie  iiblid)en  gormen  nid)t 
meljr.    fitter  |>ott)am,  @ie  ^aben  oon  meiner  Xabagie  ge- 
prt,  @ie  ^aben  ®ute§  Don  i^r  gejprodjen,  bag  ffl^nt  mid) 
15  mit  3$nen  au§!  Simnen  @ie  raudjen? 

^>otb^am.    2etd)ten  b^ottanbtfd)en  SSarina§. 
So  nig.     §ab'  id),   and)  ^Sortorifo,   audj    ungarifd;en 
Xabaf.    Sa/  itf)  toffe  ie^  f°9ar  ^n  oer  ^ar^  Sranbenburg 
einen  trefflidjen  Snafter*  jteljen. 
20        ^  o  t  £)  a  m.    giir  ^'e)"en  toiirbe  id)  banfen  *. 

So  nig.    ®eben  <Ste  mir  bie  ^>anb,  Slitter!  Sommen  @ie 

^eut  in  unfer  Sofleg.     Sei  einem  Xrunf  *8ter  fpiilen*  loir 

unfern  biplomatifdjen  Sirger  ^inunter,  unb  in   ben  btauen 

S)ampfn)olfen  tterpuffen  tt)tr  attc  unfere  9lan!e,  ^fijfe  unb 

25  ftniffe*. 

(SoerSmann.     2lber,  ^ajeftat,   mcr  foil  benn  ^eute 
ben  ©toff  jum  Sadjen  abgeben*? 

^ot^am.     ^men    ©to.  9J?ajeftat    ^eute    mid)    gum 
@ttd)btatt! 

80  So  nig.  O^o!  ^err  Slitter,  bo  ge$t'3  fd)arf  ^er*! 
933er  fo  don  eincm  5)u^enb  alter  ©otbaten  gopreflt*  wirb, 
ber  crljott  fid)  in  ein  panr  2Bod)en  nid)t  roiebor! 


?i;ft.ttt  IV.]  3opf  wtb  <£d)Wert.  87 


£>ot(jam  (beifette).   ?lngeneb,me§  ©diidfat,  bo  ben  gud)£ 
511  madjen. 

®6nig.    28ir  finben*  abet  fdjon   einen,  ben  nn'r  b,eut 
in  bie  3Kitte  nefymen.    Sadjen  foUcn  <§ie,  tadjen,  unb  bann 

-  bann   erjtifyfen  @ie  un§  audj  etma§   Don   ben  ^a^nen-    5 
fampfen  unb  Don  ben   SBojern  in   Sngtanb.     ©efjen   @ie; 
fold^en  @paB,  ben   fjatt'  id)   fiir  mcin  Seben   gern*  unb 
tDotlt'  i^n  aurf)  gern  ^ereintoffen  in§  Sanb,  ofyne  3°^  D^)ne 
alte  Stcctfe*.    Sllfo  urn   adjt  ll^r  ^abagte!   Carbon  fiir 
bie  fonberbare  5lbfdjteb§aubienj.    93ringen  (Sie  etnen  guten  10 
5)urft  mit.    Sm  ^rinfen  -  -   ba  tyalten  h)ir  un§  bann 
audj  nidjt  on*  bie  iiblirfjen  gormenl    (216.    ®te  iifirigen,  aufeer 
,  folgen.) 


Uterter  ^Ittflriti  15 

3)atm  bet 


£otf)am  (anein).  9Sortre  fflid;  !  28tr  fdjiiien  un§*  in  bie 
33erb,a'ltmffe  unb  bie  SSerfjaftniffe  frfjirfen  firfj  in  un§.     %e%t 
ntetn  SBtttet  an  bie  ®6nigin!    (@e^t  ftc^  unb  Heft  in  etnem  fetnem 
^ortefeuttte  entnommen,  fcereitS  angefangenenen  SBriefe.)     ,,S)f?eine    ^O^e  20 
®ebietertn!  3^  2Bun^,  ben  sj$rin$en  toon  28ale^  ju  feb,en, 
tft  fiir  S^«n  untert^dntg[ten  2)tener  $efef)(.    SBenn  nirfjt  atte§ 
fe|tfd)Iagt,  t)ab'  id)  bie  ©^re,  nod;  *  biefe  %lad)t  ben  ^rinjen 
don  SBalel  fetner  I3nigtid)en  Xante  gujufiifyren.    @r  ernjartet 
nidjt  nur  ba§  GbiM,  @tt).  9JJajeftat  bie  £>anb  fuffen  ju  biirfen,  25 
fonbern  rennet  audj  mit  afler  ©efynfudjt  fetneg  ^erjen^  bar* 
auf,  enblidj  gum  SInblid  feiner  teuren  ^rinjeffin  iBraut  ju 
gdangen.     Sieten   @ie  atte»    auf*,   fiir   biejen  3lbenb   bie 
^rinjeffin  au§  il;ier  £aft  ju  befreien.   (Scfircibt  nod)  ijtnjii.)  %<fy 
fdjlage  S^nen  ju  bcui  (Snbe  Dor,  ber  ^rin^effin  anjuraten,  30 
fidj  eine^  loeifeen  S)omino§.  ju  bcbtenen.    Qn  biefer  Xrad)t 


88  Soft  unb  <srf)tt>ert.  [2tufeitfl  IV 

ttrirb  fie  ungefjinbert  on  ben  SBad^en  beg  <Sdj(offe$  boriiber 
gefyen  burfett."  @o*!  2Iuf  bie*  Slrt  fonnen  fid)  bie  jimgcn 
Seute  tuieberfeljett,  bag  |>erg  ber  Gutter  befttirmen,  bie  offend 
Iid)e  Sftetnung,  reprafentiert  burd)  bie  getabenen  ©dfte,  fiir 
5  fid)  geroinnen  —  (fiegeit).  SBenn  ic^  nun  nodj  ben  (Srbprin^en 
—  a^a  --  ba  ift  er. 

(5 1  b  p  r  i  n  J   (fic^t  fcfion  border  in8  Dimmer).    ^ot§am,  id^  fucfte 

<Sie*  u'beratt!  2)enfen  @ie  [tc^,  toa§  mir  eben  begegnet  ift! 
$ot&,am.  SSteber  ein  ^luftrag? 

10  (Srbprins.  5Koc^  fann  ic^  mtc^  fount  faffen*.  SJBie 
id)  trofttoS,  mtdj  gur  Slbreife  ruftenb,  ju  ben  genftern  bet 
gefangenen  ©eliebten  fjinaufbticfe,  nd^ert  fic^  mir  ein  Sofai 
beg  Slonigg;  id)  ertuarte  eine  neue  2)emutigung,  aber  benfen 
@ie  fid)  mein  grftaunen  iiber  bie  ftberrafdjung.  <Sie  fennen 

16  bod)  ben  SSert,  ben  ber  fi1  ontg  auf  feine  nddjtltdjen  XabaU* 
gefeUfdjaften  legt.  9^ur  ^Serfonen,  mit  benen  er  ganj  be= 
fonbere  ?lbfid)ten  ^at,  pflegt  er  ju  biefen  ©elagen*  etn^ 
jittaben.  S)enfen  @ie  fid)  mein  Sefremben,  tote  id)  ^ore, 
bafe  mid)  @e.  aftajeftat  erfudjt,  i^m  Oor  metner  Slbretfe  b,eute 

20  nod)  ciumat  bag  SBergmigen  gu  mad;en,  feiner  Sabagie  bei* 


£otb,am.    @ic  finb  eingelaben? 
©rbprinj.    @ie  ladjen  ja? 
£)  0  t  f)  a  m  (brtc^t  immer  meljr  in  Sacfjeu  au8). 
25        ©rbprinj.    SSarum  ladjen  @ie  benn? 
Unbefdjreiblid)  fomifdj. 
.    tomifd)  ?   gd)  finbe  eg  tragifd),  roenn  ein 
giirft  fo  infonfequent  ift,  ung  erft  ju*  bemutigen,  unb  ung 
bann  plo^Iid)    mit  gutwfommenljeiten  flfcerb^duft!   SBag  if! 
30  3l)tten*  benn? 

Jpotb.am.     gtetlen  @ie  fid)  einmal  gerabe!    ©o!  93rufl 


ttuftritt  IV.]  gopf  unb  <5$wert.  89 

()crau§,  ®opf  in  bie  &of)e,  &anbe  am  Setbe,  meljr  nadj 
fytnten  ju  - 

(Srbprinj.    !ga,  roa§  rooflen  @ie  benn  — 
$  o  t  f)  a  m   (fafit  iftn  ins  $aar).     $rad)tiger  2Budj«  1 
©rbprinj.    2Sa§  tuoflen  @ie  toon  meinem  $aar?  llnb    5 
3^  Sac^en? 

£>otl)ain.  Snf°^9c  cincr  furiofen  biplomatij'^en  83er= 
^anblung  bin  icf)  l^eute  311  ber  S^re  gelangt,  gtetcfifall^  jur 
Xabagie  eingefaben  311  raerben.  Unb  um  mir  nun  ben  redjten 
^autgout*  ber  bortigcn,  tuie  e§  fc^eint,  ettoaS  flarf  naturttd^en  10 
llnterfjaftung  ju  tierjrfjaffen,  ^at  man  fid)  nadj  einem  SSSilb- 
bret*  umgefe[)en,  auf  ba§  eine  aUgemeine  ^e^jogb*  angeftettt 
loerben  fott  — 

@r Spring.  Unb  bie§  28itbbret  -  -  foH  Sd^*  fetn? 
9fiun  h)irb'§  511  arg!  ^otfyam,  ja,  ic^  tuttt  t)in,  id)  roitt  mtc^  15 
an§  itnterfte  @nbe  ber  gro^en  Xafet  fe|en,  aber  id^  fage 
^nen,  meine  (Sebutb  ift  erfd^opft.  %<$)  mitt  jeigen,  ba§  id§ 
gegen  bie  ©pafce  plumper  ©olbaten  SSaffen  fiiljre,  bie  tc^ 
bi§^er  nid;)t  angetoenbet  ^abe.  %&)  rt)i£(  ^ingeiien,  mil  fdjein* 
barer  Sftutje  luerb'  id)  au^5ren,  tt>a§  man  mit  mir  borfjat*,  20 
aber  bann  roerb'  ic^  audp  me  in  en  S'odjer*  Ijer&or^ieljen, 
^5feit  auf  ^Sfeit  auf  biefen  groben  5)efpoti§mu§  abfd^iefeen, 
unb  ttjenn  i^nen  audg  bie  ©efdjoffe  ntd)t  burd)3  grobe  Seber* 
fotler*  bringen,  bann,  $otl)am,  fd)Iag'  ic^  mit  bem  $>egen 
brein*!  25 

ftotfyam.  83rat),  ^5rinj !  @o  redgt*!  SSortreff (ic| !  @o 
faun  idj  6ie  brauc^en.  @o  fafyren  @ie  fort!  Sa§  ift  bie 
©pradje,  bie  man  ^ier  reben  mufj!  2)ie  S^it  ritctt  fyeran; 
metnen  ^tan  au§einanber^ufe^en  *,  fiit)rt  ju  roeit  --  biefen 
33rief  fc^nett  an  bie  fi'bnigin  beforgt*,  bann  in  bie  Xabagie  %® 

-   aber  <Sie  finb,  fcl)'  id),  in  einem  .'pumor,  ber  feine  (5r= 
orterungen  juIa'iV.     (Srljalten  @ie  ftc^  biefen  ^orn,   uiiiten 


90  8opf 

<5ie!    Stecfjt  fo!    ©rfjncmben   @ie   -      tt)ie   ein  £iger! 
(gttfirt  tf)n  unterm  2frm  06.)    S&iitenber!    ^mmer   nod)  ttriiteiiber! 
@o!  Shin  toerben  @ie  meinen  $tan   unterftu|en,   ber  fein 
anberer  ift,   al§  ben  ^onig  baburd^  511  getoinnen,  ba^  @ie 
6  i^m  impomeren*! 


6in  ntebrigeS,   itnanfe^nlic^eS  3Jmmer  ^eg  ©djIotfeS  mit  flrauen  SBanben 
itnb  etne  X^ur  JUT  ©eite.    Ein  IleineS  genfter  jut  3Jed)ten. 


10  4Funft£r  Auftrtti 

(Sataten  trogen  etnen  ete^enen  3:ifc^  ^eretn  unb  fteHen  urn  i^n  !^er 

(S^emel.  ®ann  brtngen  fte  auf  Ijijljemen  flatten*  Sruge,  bie  fie 
rings  auf  ben  2tf(^  fefcen.    gin  ffol)lenbecfen.  Salaien  ab.) 


(trilt  in  leister  imlitavifrfjer  §au§fleibung,  ben  Heinen  fyols 
15  Ifinbif^en  $fetfenftummel*   im  9Kunbe,  ai*§  ber  2f)ut  IinI8.    (£r  mad)t 
forgfaltig  Ijinler  fidi  311).    (5Dcr§mann. 


SBerfammetn  fie  fid^  frfjon? 
@t)er§mann.    ©c^eint  rec^t  tebfjaft  braufjett. 
S3  nig.    3??eine  einjige  ($r|olung  bag!  <5o  lange  tcft 
20  biefe  fteine  3erftreuun9  no^  ^Q^en  fann,  hritt  ic§  bie  Soften 
unb  ©orgen  ber  Slegterung  gernc  tragen.    @inb  bie  ttjo 
nernen  ®anonen  getaben? 

@Der§mann.    S)ampfen  fd^on  toeldje*  branfeen. 
^5nig.    2)o§  JBter  pbfd)  frifd§,  ein  bi|c^en  bitter? 
25  28a§? 

ffioer§mann.    '§  fonnte  beffer  fein. 

^8  nig.    3)ie    SBernauer*   23rauer   foflen   fic^   in  ac^i 


Sluftritt  VI.J  3opf  unb  £rf)h>evt.  91 

nefjmen,   ba§  id)  iljnoit  nicf)t    mat   iiber  bie  23lafe  fomtne*! 
23 te  ift'3  mil  bem  u'oiften  ftittet*,  ben  id)  befteflt  Ijabe? 
&•  o  e  r  §  m  ci  n  n.     'Me*  in  Drbnung. 
®onig.     SSenn  bie   ©itjung  aufgeljoben  ift,   tpeifc  (Sir, 

id)  t)orf)abe   -  5 

(SderSmann.    lfle§  in  Serettj'^oft. 
®ontg.    @cV  @r  jcjjt!  9Ktt  ©locfenfc^tag  je^n  wirb  bie 

geoffnet. 
(5  b  e  r  8  m  a  n  n.    £11  S3ef  e^I !  (sib.) 

So ntg  (gefjt  an§  genfter  unb   bletbt   cine  SBeile  fte^en.    ?|?aufe).  10 
Set  meiner  grau  ift  rt)teber  £td)t  ba  briiben!   S)rei  3^ntcr 
finb  ertjettt,  h)o'§  an  e  i  n  e  m  genug  *  ift,  unb  ber  £atg  ift  fo 
teuer!   3(uf*  fjeute  ^oc^t  finb  ein  Su^enb   grauenjimntcr 
fjtnubergelaben  njorben,  unb  jebenfatt^  foil  ein  grojjeS  ^om* 
ptott  gefdjmiebet  unb  ber  ^rtn^  oon  2Bate3  ntir  jum  Xro^  15 
infogntto  ba   empfangen  roerben!   Slber  tuartet,  id^   fommc 
unter  eucfe*!  (Sin  Sag,  ber  nridjtig  angefangen  Ijat  unb 
tt)t(^ttg  enben  foU! 

(Sine  Heine  3immcruOr 


Sed)|ler  luftrttt.  20 


®ie  Sfebcnt^ur  nac^  rc^tS  Juirb  gcoffnct.  Sie  SJWgUeber  ber 
gefeHfc^aft,  (ijritmbfoiu  unb  Sctfeuborf  an  ber  ©pifee,  treten  ein. 
(Sf)Te  3Q^l  betragt  aufeer  ben  ^anbelnben  ^erfonen  ctma  noc^  je^n.  8[He 
treten  feierlii^  ein,  ben  §ut  auf  bem  Sopfe,  bie  5]3feife  im  SKunbe.  SBeim 
fffinig  noviiberfle^enb  faffen  fte  an  ben  §ut  unb  neTjmen  einen  Stugenfclirf  25 
bie  $feife  au§  bem  aRitnbe.)  3u^elt  ^otljnm  unb  ber  (grbprinj. 
Xcr  ftbitig  (|tc()t  lints  unb  Idijt  ben  3ug  an  fid)  boriiber  nadj  rcc$)t§ 
paffteren).  O'ucr^mnnn. 

®rumbfon)    (mad)t   We  borgei^riebene   SBegtufeung).     ®Uten 
Slbenb,  aKajeftStl  30 

^ontg.     ©uten  9(benb.  ®rum6fott)! 


92  3opf  unb  ©djtoert.  [Stufjiig  IV. 


©erfenborf.     ®uten  5l6enb, 

®6nig.     ©uten  Slbenb,  ©erfetiborf! 

®raf  @d)tt>erin.     ®uten  STbenb,  3Rajeftfit! 

®6nig.     ®uten  5Ibenb,  @d)tt>erin!  ©djmedfs  *? 
5        (SJrafSdjtuertn.     SDanfe*,  3Kajeftat!  (®e6,t  boriiber.) 

®raf  SBartenSi'eben.     ©uten  2lbenb,  SKajefifit! 

^6  nig.    ©uten  5lbenb,  SBartenSteben  !  ^at  fie  Suft*.-1 

®raf  SBartenSleben.    S)an!e,  S^ajeftat  !  (®e$t  boru6cv. 
S>ie  anbem  ge^en  aCe  itad^  unb  nac^*  ober  meljrere  auf  emmal*  mil  i^c-- 
10  grufjuttgen  boriifier.) 

^  o  n  i  g.    9lim,  metne  |>erren,  neljmen  @te  ^SIa|.    Dfyne 
Unterfdjieb,  nad)   Belteben!  ^utberbampf  madjt  a  He  8  gletd}. 

®rum6fom.    ?lber  ba§  ^tet,   aKojcftat,   ba§  un§  fiir 
^eutc  berfprodjen? 
15       ^otttg.    $a,  ^a!  bte  ©djeibe*.    S)a  i[t  pc.   (§ot^am 

unb  ber  Erbprins  treten  em.) 
Slttc.    ®er  ©rbprinj? 
©rbprinj.     ®uten  Slbcnb. 

^8  nig.    9ted)t  fo,  ©rbprinj,  ba^  @ic  gefommen  [inb. 
20  9lnn  fonnen  Sie  bod)  in  9if)ein§berg   ctma§  DrbenttidjeS  * 
oon  ntciner  gomitie  roiebererja^Ien.   (SBeifeite.)  Spion*!  (Caut.) 
^d)  gtaube  gar,  <2ie  rand)en  fott. 

Srbprinj  (mit  ber^altenem  3om).    S)a8   geiier  benf  id) 
mtr  !)ier  gu  ^olen. 

25  (Wan  fcjjt  fid^  unb  jtoar  fo,  bafs  an  ber  etnen  ©pt^e  be§  S;if^e§  ber  Sontg 
mtt  ©rumbfott),  an  ber  anbern  ^otf)am  mit  bcm  Erbprtnjen  fi^en.) 
Sfintg.    Sangen  @ic  511*,  metne  ^erren.    2>a  ftetjen 
bie  @orgenbred)er*! 

©erfenborf.    Stuf  ba§  2M)t  ©r.  aJtajcftfit! 
30       ®onig.     S^Zein,  nod)  einent  ^et|en  Xag  tooQ  Srger  unb 
Summer  auf  $eiterfeit,  gro^ftnn  unb  giite  ©infatte*! 

(9tHe  ftofeen  an.) 
(ber  ab=    unb    ;uget|t,  bie  ©afte  bebicut   nub  bie 


•Jtitftrttt  VI.]  gopf  itnb  ©djtoert  93 

Sotjlen  gum   2ti!jmiben  rcicfjt,   beifeite).     5luf  Ginfdde*  ftof}'  id)  nidfjt 
an.     3d)  baue  tnir  jegt  fdjon  mein  ttierteg  £>au§. 

®dnig    (beifette).     ®rumbfoiu,  id)   glaube,   Ijeute  ttrirb'S 
fyiibfd)  luerben*. 

(Srumbfoft)    (beifeite.)     5)en    (Srbpdnjen    rooUen    loir    5 
gleirf)  anbo^ren*. 

(beifette.)    Sftadjeti  ©ie'5*  guabig.     ®er  5lngft= 
ftet)t  i^m  fc^on  auf  ber  ©time.    (Sam.)    (Sagen  ©ie 
mat,  (Srbprhtj,  ba  @ie  boc|   fo  Diet  in  ber  SSJclt   fjerum- 
geminbbeutett  *  finb,  rauc^en  fte*benn  audj  fc^on  in  s-8erfatHe§  10 
Xabaf? 

(Srbprinj.    S^iein,  9J?a)e[tcit,   aber  in  2onbon  ijab*  i«^ 
9JJatrofen  gefefyen,  bie  !auen  i^n*. 

^6  nig.    53rr!  ©rnntbfott),  ba§  fii^ren  toir  nicf)t  ein  — 
id)  toiH  nicfyt  fagen  oon  toegen  bent*  ©efdjmarf,  aber  fotc^e  15 
^a^tjeiten  miiffen  fetjr  foft^ielig  werben. 

^ot^ant.     Unjere  SJJatrofen  braudjen  ben  Xabal  aud) 
nur  aU  S^tttel  gegen  ben  ©forbut*   — 

©ecfenborf.    28ag  ift  ©forbut? 

©rbprinj.    @in  libel,   £>err  Oon  ©ecfenborf,  bog  mit  20 
tinent  bijfen  Munbe  anfdngt*. 

®  6  n  i  g  (ladjenb  beifeite).      W)  ,  ®rumbf  ott)  ,    merfen  @ie 
ioa§*?  @r  fi£e(t.     3e|t  mat  b,erau§  ntit  ber  s$teinpe*l 

(Srumbf  DID.    ©DerSmannl    @inb  bie  neuften  t)ottan= 
bifd^en  ^citungen  angefommen  ?  25 

(SoerSmann.    0  toob,!,  aber  toieber  lauter  Siigen  brin, 


Siigen?  Srurn,  gtaub'  id),  nad)  bem 
loort,  ift  audj  unfer  Sier  fo  fauer. 

®rnmb!on).    ©agen  @ie,  Soergmann,  fteb,t  nid)t§  tion  30 

brin? 
,§  o  t  b,  a  m  (beifeite  jum  Srbprinjen).     SRitften  @te  fid)  ! 


94  8"»>f  "nb  Sdjtoert.  [STitfeitg  IV. 


@»er§mann  (frcdj).  514  ti&«  fo  cm  tteiiu§  2anb> 
djen  — 

®6ntg.  (Stifle  ^reufjen  war  aurf)  etnmat  flein!  Sagen 
2ie  lieber,  ttm§  frfjreiben  benn  je$t  bic  ^otlanber  iiber 


@ocr§mann.     (gcfjanblic^!  ©§  toaren*  QU 
luieber  fo  diet  ^eferteure  bunfjgegangen  — 

S'onig.     S)a§  ift  ntcfyt  gelogen.     Setber! 

©rbprinj.     Slber   fie  briicfen  ftc^  bariiber  jartcr  au§. 
10        ^onig.    S33te  benn,  (Srbprinj? 

(Srb|)rinj.     ?)ie  ©arben  (£ro.  9ftajeftat  bcftu'nben  au§ 

3P?enfc^enf   bte  grofctenteite   an   etnem  fronf^aften  SBad^^tum 

Ittten.    2)iefe  Sfltefen  befdmen  jutueilen  ^ertoben,  too  fie  fo 

aitSf^Iiigen  *,  bafs  fie  fiber  ofle  gi^ten  gtngen  unb  ganj  an§ 

lo  bem  menfc^tid^en  ©efi^t^freife  berfd^njanben. 

^  6  n  i  g.    |w,  l^a  !  Suflig  auSgebritrft.  Xrinfen  @ie  bod) 


(SJrumbfott).    3^§  benfe*,  @nj.  ^o^ett  lefen  nur  fram 

SBIatter*? 

20  ©rbprtnj.  3d^  njiirbe  am  liebften  preufjtfdje  lefen, 
aber,  ban!  ber  ^Solitil  be§  |>errn  don  (Srumbforo,  jur  ^eit  * 
biirfen  in  ^reitfeen  noc^  fcine  flatter  erfrfjeinen. 

^6  nig.    ^>a,  ^a,   ba  ^aben  @ie'§.     (Seifette.)     @ie^', 
fie^',  ber  nimmt  fid^  fein  Slatt  oor  ben  2Tcunb*.    @§  toirb 
25  fjubfrf)  ^eute. 

|>ot^am  (kifeite  jirot  erbprutaen).     2Berben  @ie  nidgt  ju 
fc^arf!  aJta^igung! 

©rumbforo   (beifeitc).     ©ecfenborf,   ftrengen  @ie  'ntal 
3^ren  SBifc  an. 

30        Secfenborf  fteifeite).   ©title,  id)  fombiniere  fdgon  lonflf 
ettoaS.     Saffen  @ie  midj  nur  bie  giinftige  &\t  abroarten. 
So  nig.     5tber  @ie   trtnfen  nidrjt,   (grbprinj!  $ier  inufj 


9luflritt  VI.]  3opf  itnb  £d)ioeri.  95 


man  trin!en  fonnen.     OBeifcite.')   (h>er3ntann,  fcftenf  (£r  ifjm 
tiidjttg  ein*. 

£otb,am  (bcifcitc).     Hftan   nntl   <Ste  beraufdjen!    Sliicfen 
Ste  nut  tmmcr*  Sftvcn  ftnig  511  tntr  beriiber. 

S'onig.     ®ennen  <Sie  ben  often  S)effauer*,   (£rbprin$?    5 

(Erbprinj  (befvembet).    9J?ajeftat  - 

S'ontg.    s£>i[feu  @te  aber  and),  ft)el(^e  gro§e  ©rfinbung 
bie  SDJonfc^ijeit  bem  atten  SDcfjauer  gu  t)erban!en  |at? 

(Srbprinj  (bcifeitc).     ^otfjam,  toiffen  @te'^  nic^t? 

^jot^am  (bdfette).    55umme  Ouerfrage*  —  fagen   @ie  10 
bie  ®amafc^en! 

@rbprin§.    28a§  —  ber  alte  5)effaiier  —  erfunben  ^at, 
luiinfdjen  @tt).  SUcajeftat  ju  rtJtffen? 

^5  nig.    3a!  2Ba§  ^ot  ber  alte  $effauer  erfunben? 

©edEenborf  (beifdie).    @e^en  @ie,  nun  fangen  totr  it»n.  15 

Srbprinj.    S)a§  ^Sulber  fann'S  nicfjt  fein*,  benn  ba§ 
^at  fdjou  §err  oon  ©ecfenborf  erfunben.     (sttte  la^en.) 

©edfenborf  (beifeite).  Saffen  @ie  nur,   ©rumbfow,  id| 
toarte  nur  ben  giinfligen  ^lugenbtirf  ab. 

®  o  n  i  g.    S5ie  eifernen   8  a  b  e  ft  6  <f  e    Ijat   er   erfunben  !  20 
<5eb,en  @ie,  fo  rt)a§  ratrb  tnein  ©ob.n  in  9tl)ein§berg  mit  att 
fetnem  Corner  unb  58oltaire  unb  trie  fie  Ijeifjen  *,  bie  £>etben, 
in    feinem  Seben    nidjt    juftanbe   brtngen.  (Setfeite.)  Xrinft 
er  benn,  (SoerSmann? 

^ot^am   (beifeite.)    SSerttcren  @ie  %fyien  SSorteil  nicl^t.  25 

(£r  b  p  rin  s  (beifeite).   SSer  fann  aurf)  an  bie  eifernen  Sabe 
ftbrfe  benfen? 

©rumbforo  (auffte^enb).     ?luf  bie   gfurftidje   9leife  @t. 
^o^ett  be§  ©rbprtnjen  Don  Saireutf)! 

51  II  e  (aujjer  bem  Sonige  fte^en  auO-     ®Iii(f  lidje  9?etfe  !  30 

^ot^am  (beifeite).    @ie  erliegen,  @ie  oerlteren  afle$! 

Srbprinj  (bcifeitc).   (Sd^anblicfie  ^)3erfibie*l 


96  3°*>f  »n&  ©rfltoert.  [3(uf  jug  IV. 


fyotfyam  (betfette).  ^ponieren  ©ie  ifyni!  ©rob  tote  ct 
jelbft!  (Stetten  @ie  fid)*  beraufdjt  (Me  fcfccn  ftdj  timber,  na^^ 
bem  fte  lac^enb  cmgeftofeen  fyaben.) 

(£  r  b  p  r  i  n  5  (ftefjt  mtt  bent  $rug  in  ber  £anb  auf  mtb  foridjt 
6  mit  ber  Hnbeutung*  einer  lei^ten  Zrunfen^eit).  SJJeine  ,§err^aften  — 

go  nig  (fieifeite).  %$  gtaube,  er  ^at  'nen  @pt^*I 

©rbprin  j.  Unb  —  unb  —  unb  —  icfj  banfe  ^nen. 
(©cfet  ftc^.  SlHe  lac^en.) 

^  on  t  g.  SBraoo,  Srbprinj  !  SBortreffftrfjer  3ftebner  finb  Sie  ! 
10  ©rutnblott).  aKajeftat,  ct  ift  fertig*.  @r  fott  jefet 
cine  SRebe  fatten  — 

6  8  nig.    %a,  ©rbprinj,  fatten  @ie  'nc  9tebe. 

SIHc.    Sine  ^ebc,  cine  SRebe! 

©tb^rinj  (ftii^t  ben  Sopf  in  bie  $anbe  unb  fte^t  nidjt  auf*). 
15        ^>ot^am.    @§  frftge  fi^*  nur,  fiber  tt)Q§? 

^6  nig.    fiber  afleS,  —  ioa§  er  nritt! 

^ot^om.    3^  ttJU^te  einen  intereffanten  ®egenftanb. 

^5  nig.    §erau§  bamtt! 

^ot^am.  fiber  irgenb  ein  3JlttgIieb  biefer  luftigen  (Se* 
20  fettfc^aft. 

S  6  n  i  g.    Xopp  *  !  Unb  baft  toir  nid^t  lange  jit 
braudjen  —  fiber  midj! 

Sltte  (betroffen.)    fiber  @».  2ftajeftat? 

^  o  n  i  g.   @§  ift  fc^redEIi^  Ijetfe  ^ter  !  (ftnfipft  r«^  ben  SRorf 
25  9Kad)en  nrir'S  iin§    bequem*,    @oer§mann! 
mal  Io§*!  |>alten  <Sie  eine  9lebe  fiber 

•pot^atn.     ®itte  - 

fi1  6  n  t  g.  ^iic^t  ge^ogert,  gerabe  a.U  Wenn  id^  geftorben  mate. 


30  ^6nig.  Slu^tg,  aHe8  ftifl!  $er  ©rbprinj  ^fitt*  iiber 
mid)  etne  SJebe.  (iBeifeite.)  In  vino  veritas!  ^d)  tuiU  bodj 
^6ren,  ob  in  fo  einem  franjofifdjen  SBinbbeutet  afle?  Siige  t)"t 


Jluftrttt  YL]  3opf  unb  Sfltotrt.  97 

$  o  t  f)  a  m  (bcifette).    2)a3  tdirb  em  entfdjeibenber  Content. 

(£  r  b  &  r  i  nj  (tritt  toot.  @r  fcfjtoanft  ettoaS,  fammclt  fid)  aber  toieber). 
SSerfammtung ! 

jlic^e?  ^dj  &in  ia  geftorben. 

X^ut  nidjt§.    <Smb  boc^  fro^Iirf).  5 

Sdnig.     ©averment,  i[t  ba§  tuaijt? 

Srbprtnj.  grofyltdje  JBerfaramliing,  Oergniigte  fietb* 
ttagenbe*!  ©rtauben  ©ie,  ba§  ic^  bie  ^eutige  geflfreube  burc^ 
einige  fd^mer^Iic^e  SBetradjtitngen  unterbre^e  iiber  bie  (Sigen* 
icfyaften  be§  5)ai)tnge[d)iebenen*.  10 

^6 nig.  ©cfjtnerattrfje  Setrac^tungen?  ®a8  ift  ja  ein 
irfjoner  Slnfang! 

Srbpring.  griebric^  28ifb,etm  I.,  ^ontg  tion  ^reu^en, 
mar  --  ein  grower  S^arafter,  in  bem  fic^  —  bie  fonber* 
barflen  28tber[pruc^e  —  oereinigten.  16 

^6  nig.    2Biberftmid)e  ? 

©rbprinj.  2Bte  bei  aHen  SJienfd^en,  bie  i^re  (Srjieljung 
fief)  jelbft  derbanfen,  ftanb  fetn  an  fid)*  ebte§  ®emiit  unter 
bcm  ©influfs  triiDer  9tcgungen*,  don  benen  bie  triibfte  fein 
TOtBtrauen  luar.  20 

So  nig.    5)a§  finb  mir*  |a  fci^one  Sac^en! 

(Srbdrinj.    Seine  ©taaten  b,at  er  ju  einem  gfanjen* 
ben  Sluffdjmuncj    gebrarfjt*.     @r  !^at  bie  9tegicrung  derein* 
fai^t,  er  ^at  bie  ©eredjtigfeitedflege  *  derbeffert.    55en  rutjigen 
05enu§  afler   biefer  (Segnuugen   derbarb   er   fid)   aber  burd)  25 
etgne  ©djutb. 

Sfinig.     ©iet)',  fiel)',  burdj  etgne  ©djutb? 

©erfenborf  (betfeite).  5)er  junge  SDJenfd)  mu^  fd)re(f* 
lid)  diet  getrunfen  ^aben. 

©rbtorinj.    @ein  tebtjafter  ©etft  derfe^te  i§n  in  eine  30 
fortroa'b,renbe  Unrub.e,  bie  ebenfo  fiir  anbere  wie  fur  iljn  felbfl 
deiittid)  tt)ar.     Gnnitbet  fonnte  er  ba§  53ebiirfnig  getnutltrfier 

7 


98  3°Pf  "n&  ©cfjtoert.  l*ufeug  IV 


Srtjolung  nicfyt  iinterbriicfen,  unb  feine  ©itten  toaren  etnfacf) 
genug*,  bie§  23ebiirfni§  nirgenbS  anberS  befricbigen  511 
ruoflen,  aU  tm  ©cfyofje  feiner  gamtlie. 

(£  to  e  r  §  m  a  n  n  (fceifeite).    SSenn  ba§   fein  Ungfiidf  gibt*! 

©r&prtnj.  2l6er  aucf)  Ijter,  ftatt  fid)  auf  Slofcn  ^» 
Tegen,  fiettetc  fi(^  ber  armc  giirft  auf$)ornen.  Xie  ungtiidf 
Itc^e  ®e)4td)te  feineS  @o()ne^  ift  fo  befaiuit,  bo^  ic^  fie  mit 
iiberget)en  barf  — 


10  (£r  6  13  ring.  S)ie  grei^eit  be§  menf^H^en  SBiHenS  I)at 
gdebrid^  SBifljelm  nid^t  derftanben.  3mPfen  ft»oUt'  er  Stamm 
auf  ©tamm,  @o^n  auf  SSater,  S"9enb  auf  TOer.  S)te  ^>anb 
einer  lieben^murbigen  Xod^ter  balb  ^ier-,  balb  bort^in  ber= 
frfienfenb  *,  fiel  ib.m  ntemalS  etn,  aud^  einmal  ber  SBa^I  be» 

15  ^erjeng  Stec^te  etnsuraumen,  auc^  einmal  ju  fragcn:  3Kad^t 
mciite  2Bab,t  btct)  auc§  gtii(ftid§,  S'inb? 

^8  nig.    (SoerStnann,  nec)m'  (Sr  mat  bie  $fetfe! 
@rbprin§.   9tun  ift  er  gefc^teben.  ^eue  ^reaturen*, 
bie  ttmfyrenb  feine§  Seben§  ba§  |>er5  ber  2ftutter  com  ^er^en 

20  be§  5Bater§  unb  ©atten  entfernt  geljatten  fatten,  jittern. 
2Ba§  ber  toerfannte  Sob.n  mit  btefen  ^treaturen  beginnen 
roirb,  ftef)t  bafjiu*.  5)e§  $ater§  ©c^opfungen  roerben  bie 
©runblage  biefeS  StaateS  bteiben.  liber  fie  fjer  aber  U)irb 
ein  mitberer  ©eift  nje^en,  ^itnfte  unb  SBiffenfd§  often  toerben 

25  ben  3?u[)m  ber  ®ugeln  unb  ^'anonen  iiberfliigeln  *  unb  ber 
fyintnidanftrebenbe*  Slbler  ^SreufjenS  mirb  feine  S)edtfe*  je^t 
mal)rb^aft  erf  Men:  Nee  soli  cedis!  3U  beutfc^*:  ©elbft 
ber  ©onnc  Slid  barf  bid5  nid^t  btenben!  @etbftbie@onne  mn§ 

'JJir  OU§  bem  SSege  ge^en  !  (SBeflnnt  ftdj  unb  ge^t,  (lc^  toieber  triinftr. 
30  fteaenb  noc^  einer  $a«fe,  on  ben  Sifcf).)    $otb,am    geben    @ie   mir 
ju  trtnfenl 

(nndi  finer  ^mifcV     28a3   ift  bie 


Sluftritt  VI.)  Bopf  unb  <scf)tt>ert.  99 

(£uer§mann.  Slfe  burrf)*  —  Sftajeftat  —  (Scifcite.) 
Itvffen  ttrir  jefjt  ben  ^rinjen.  tion  28ale§,  bamt  tuefye  iljtn! 

®8ntg    (geljt  an  ben  Jifd)  itnb  ntmmt  etiten  trap),     ©rbprinj, 

rcenn  @ie  morgen  bet  Serflanb  finb,  bann  laffen  <3ie  fid^* 
er^a^ten,  ba§  id)  mit  ^t)nen  nngeftofien  ^abe*.  5 

erbjprinj  (ftofet  an).  3u  S3efe^I,  9ftajeftat  — 

^  5  n  t  g.     (5r  tierftet)t'§  tiidjt,  Ijot^om !   iiberfe|en 
itjminS  9iiicf)terne*!  ©ute  sJiarf)t,  metnc  $erren! 
iuic^  etnmal  urn  iinb  &etrad)tet  ben  Grfiprinjen  rai^benflic^,  tnbem  er  beffen 
SBorte  toteber^oit :)    nWlad)t  meine  S33a^I  bid^  auc^  gliicfUrf)?"  10 
(STuf  ben  (Srbprtnsen  fcltcfenb.)    (Sc^abe  lint  ib,n  *,  e§  ift  etn  S3itc^er= 
menfc^. 

(SDerSmann  (ergrcift  gcfdiafttg  etnen  Seucfiter,  ftretft  tm  3orn 
an  bent  triumpi;ierenben  ^otfiant  bor&et  unb  fpric^t  nut  etnem  ingrtmmtgen 
Slid  ouf  ben  Et&prinjen:)   3)arf  td^  (Stt).  2ftajeftat  t)orteurf)ten*  15 
—  511  bem  Sefuc§  --  je^t  —  bet  — 

®  5  n  t  g  (unterbrtc^t  i^n  nttt  be§  grbprinjen  SEorten).  W2)te  ^rea= 
titren  Jtttern?"  (SRa^  etner  ?J5aufe,  tnaljrenb  benn  er  oKe  u6erfief)t*.) 
3$  mitt  ottetn  fetn.  (®e^t  a&.) 

fattt.)  20 


ARGUMENT  TO  ACT  V. 

The  Queen  is  holding  a  secret  reception  when  all  of  a 
sudden  the  King  puts  in  an  appearance  and  is  startled  to 
see  Wilhelmina  enter,  soon  followed  by  Hotham  and  the 
Prince  of  Baireuth.  He  is  in  a  rage  when  he  learns 
the  Queen's  plans  regarding  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and 
banishes  the  Queen  from  Berlin.  Hotham  calms  his  wrath, 
explains  that  the  Prince  of  Wales  is  not  in  Berlin  at  all 
and  states  that  the  Prince  of  Baireuth  loves  Wilhelmina 
and  is  the  promised  recruit  who  wishes  to  join  the  Prussian 
grenadiers,  and  fight  any  suitor  for  the  hand  of  the  Princess. 
The  King  seeing  that  the  Princess  returns  the  Prince's 
love  pardons  all  of  them  and  gives  his  consent  to  the 
marriage. 


Jfittfter  .Jtt 


gin  @aal  in  ben  ©entcidjern   bet  £onigin.     SRedjtS  etn  Sfenfter. 
Sljiiren;  im  §tntergrunbe,  Iinf§  unb  recfjtS,  Stfdje  uttb  ©tiiljle.    ?luf  ben 
Xifdjen  brennenbe  Strtnleudjter,  ©ertoice*  unb  fatten. 


Auftrtti  5 

fiamfc  (fte^t  aitf  etnem  Sritt  unb  befefttgt  bor  bent  genftcr  einen  gtofeen 

SBorfyuig).    gwci  Sofotcn    (finb  ifim   babet  be^tlflt^).    2)ann   fjrott= 

(etn  Don  Sonitc-fctb. 

^.  a  m  I  c    (oben).    @o  !   (Jmpfangt  je^t  bte  2)omen  an  ber 
fleinen   ©ettentreppe!    @ie    fommen  aHe  in   ^Jortec^aifen  *.  10 
D^ne  ©eroujc^,  ^ort  i^r?  Seife,  leife! 

Sofaien  (ab). 

@onn8fctb  (triit  toon  ItnfS  etn).    S'iun,    baS    i[t  bod^  etn* 

mat  ein  %tfi,  ttJomit  fic^  ber  preufctfrfie  ^>of  roieber  fc^cn 
taffen*  fann!   Kamfe,   mo^u  tierftopft  6r  benn  bte  genfter?  15 
S'amfe.     ®amit  man   unfer  geft  ni^t  fe^en  fann! 

(^eruntcrfteigcnb.)    @ie    laffen    ftrf)   atfo   OUC^   in    btefc   StaatS* 

Derjdjiuflrung  etn*? 

©onn^felb.     S)te  ®i)nigin  loirb  atte§   oerantroorten, 
6te  fejjt  i§re  eigne  grettiett  an  bte  greifjett  i^rer  Xod^ter  20 
unb  empfangt  ^eute   ben  ^Srtngen  toon  SBaleS   im 
genften  ^nfogntto.     3ft  aUeg  bereit? 


102  Sopf  nub  g^irert.  Pfofjita  V. 

Snmfe.  @ie  tooflen  bie  $rin$ef[in  au§  ifyrer  £aft  be 
freien?  SBebeuIen  <£ie,  grautein,  ba§  ift  em  2Jtojeftdt§»er 
bredjen  *. 

©onnSfelb.   (£§  mufj  gelingen,  e3  fofte,  toa§  e§  luofle! 

5  2)ie  ftonigtn   tt)tH  bie  ^rtnjeffin   int  ®reife  be§  gefettfc^aft= 

tt^en  3«fe^  *  fe&/en/  i>en  f^e  ^ute  8U  ctnem  ge^etmen 

eingetaben  I)at.    2)te  ^rmseffin  ift  iinterrtdjtet.    @ie 

bo|  td^  fommen  roerbe  unb   jur  Xauf doling  ber  SBadje  ftatt 

i^rer  im  ©efangni§  bleibe.    Sin  bent  bfauen  @oal  ttrirb  fie 

10  S^m  begegnen  — 

Sarnie.  5)a  —  mo  feit  einigen  9Mcf)ten  bie  toei^e  grau 
gefe^en  toirb? 

@onn§felb.    @ie  ttrirb  ^|m  erfd^einen  — 

^atnfe  (entfefrt.)     mi? 
16        ©onn^felb.    @ie  njtrb  S^n  anreben  — 

Samfe.    2Kid)? 

©onngfetb    (jte^t  t^n  an  bie  zijut  re^ts.)    3a ,   gebitbettt 
SBertiner*!   S^m  unb  S^n'-   ttn&  ®u  f^rft  fie  ^ierb.er,   er* 
greifft  i^re  ^anb  unb  bringft  fie  ouf  bem  fic^erften  SBege  in 
20  bie  ®efeafd§aft  - 

®  a  m  f  e.    graulein  —  S33en  ?  2)ie  ^rinjeffin  SBi^elmine  ? 

@onn8felb  (im abgeijen na^ rec^t§.)    Slein,  nein, 
bie  wei^e  grau!    SIber  gefc^minb,  gefd^toinbl 


Braetter  Attffrttt. 

25  Srau  con  JBiereif,   graii  Don  $o(jenborf  unb  nodf)  ettna  fetf)« 
2>omcn  (treten  noc^  unb  na^  be^utfam  burcf)  bie  aRttteltljur  herein.)  fiafoicit. 
©pater  bie  Aontgin. 

Sierecf.    ^Sft!   Xretcn  @ie  befjntfant  ouf! 
^oljenborf  (fiuftemb).    @d  ift  nodg  afleg  ftifl.     SSenn 
80  nur  meine  oerrpunfrfiten  ©c^u^e  ntcfjt  jo  fnarren  iroflten! 


?':mritt  II.]  3opf  unb  Sdjioert.  103 

S  t  e  r  e  cf  (fluftcrnb).    28a§  mag  3$re  SRajeftat  bie  ®onigin 
iiur  Dorfjaben! 

£oljenborf.    3ft  benn  @e.  2Jiajeftat  ber  ®onig  Der= 
retfi? 

SSiercdt.    iBeim  franjofifdjen  (Sefanbten  l)5rf  ic^,   Se.    5 
pofyeit  ber  ^ronprtnj   ttmre  Don  Siijeinsberg   gefommen  - 

."poljenborf.    28a|r[(^einHc^  jugteic^  ntit  @r.  $>o!)eit 
bem  ^5rtn5en  Don  SSate§  — 

Sierecf  (icife).     Seibe  luaren  foeben  in  ber  Xobagte  be^ 
SBntgS.     2)er  S'ronprtn^   fott  fic§   auf§    iteue   mit    feinem  10 
$ater   iiber   bte   litnftige    S3ern;Qttung    beg   (StaateS   itbcr* 
worfen  fjaben*. 


SSicred    llnb  ber  ©rbprinj  Don  S3aireut^  fott  ben  ©trett 

oermittetn*  rooflen,   aber  ber  ^ctnj  Don  28ale§  fott  15 
bem  ^ronprtnjen  beigeftanben  ^aben. 

^otjenborf.    2)er  s$rinj  Don  28ale§?   @o  ift  er  alfo 
bo^  empfangen  tcorben? 

SSiered.    2)er  ^onig,  in  ber  $i^e  be§  SBortwe^fet*, 
foU  Sefe^I  gegcben  tjaben,  bie  ^rin^ejfin  SBtllelmine  ,   bie  20 
Urfacfye  beS  (Streite^,   fogteii^  narf)  ^ii[trtn*  abjufii^ren  — 

^oljenborf.     ©rofeer  ©ott,  meine  ®omen!   Unb  ba 
(iegen  Garten  auf  ben  Xifdjen!    ©titt,  i^  ^5re  ©eranfd^. 

SSierecf.     @^  ift  bie  ^onigin. 

$>te  Sbntgin  (hn  groBen  So|tiim*,  tritt  fe^r  aufgereflt  unb  boc^  25 
boH  $3angen  ein). 

^ofbamen  (bernetgen  fl^). 

$  6  n  i  g  t  n.    SBttdommen,  meine  2)amen  !   %<i)  fii^Ie  mid^ 
,  roieber  einmat  einen  ^rei§  Don  SSefen  um  mic^  §u 
,  bie  midj  lieben!    S^eijmen  @ie  PQ|!   3^  §a^e   m™  30 
Dorgenommen,  gefefliger  ju  roerben  iinb  Sie  njieber  ofter  bet 
mir  jit  fetjen.    @ie  werben  fpieten,  firm  Don  SSiererf? 


104  8"l>f  w 

^tererf  ©ptelen,  flttajeftat?  Seit  adjt^elin  ^ab/ren  et- 
inncve  id)  mid)  nidjt,  im  8d)(offe  cine  ®arte  gefetien  ju  Ijaben. 

S'onigin.  $a,  *>a3  fott  anberS  roerben.  SKeine  $)amen, 
@te  fennen  metne  -^(aite  nod)  ntdjt;  @te  rotffen  nod)  md)t, 
5  roetd^e  liberrafdjungen  ^ifjnen  ber  ^euttge  5tbenb  beretten* 
h)irb  — 

^olsenborf.    iiberrafd)ungen,  SJJajeftat? 

®  0  n  i  g  i  n  (jetgt  auf  cinen  <SpieItifct)  am  genfter).    2)0lt^tn,  Itebe 
^otjetiborf!   33iad}en  @te  ^artie*  mit  faau  Don  tiered - 
10        tiered  (fcctfeitc).     2Rein  ^tntmet,   fpielen?   Unb   burd) 
btefen   SSor^ong   fann   man  beutlidj  bie  ^onturen*  meine^ 
@djatten§  fe^en. 

^onigin  (bie  flc^  gefc|jt  Ijat).    SBarum  jogern  @ie? 
SSiered    Um   iBergebung*,   2J?a}eftat ,   menn   loir  bie 
15  Xifdje  etmag  na^er  rikften?  5In  bem  gen[ter  ^ter  jieljt  e§*. 

(Salaien  riitfen  ben  Ztfti)  etltag  ttont  §enfter  ab.) 
ffidnigtn.    $50,  metne  S)Qmen,  mit  bem  fyeuttgen  5lbenb 
begtnnt  etne  neue  (Spodje*  unferer  SRpnardjie  --  id;  bred^e 

enblid)  unjere  bi^ertge  ©ttfette*!    (Sn  Sejufl  ouf  bie  fevbterenben 

20  Sataicn.)  SBefefjten  @ie,  toa§  @ie  tior^te^en!  $>te  ©etranlc 
K^inaS  unb  ber  Sedante  fotten  Don  je|t  an  feme  gremblinge 
me^r  an  unferm  £ofe  fein. 

^otjenborf.    2Ba§  fe^  id),  Sfjee? 
SBiererf.    ^affee?.  3)iefe  oerbotenen  ©etranfc? 
25        ^otjenborf.    2Benn  ©e.  S^ajeftat  ber  ^ontg  — 

^bnigin.    93efiird)ten  @te  nid)t§!    ©eben  @ie  fid)  bem 
lauteften  SluSbrud)  3^rer  ®efii^Ie,  geben  <Ste  fid)  o^ne  gurdjt 
bent  93ettmjjtfein  einer  ©idjerb.eit  ^in  —  (eg  fiopft  rcdjt^J  ^lopft 
e8  nid)t? 
30        S3 ie reef  (jtttert,  fur  fi$).    2Sa§  fott  ba§  geben*  —1 

(S3  flopft  trtcber,  aHe  ftctien  evfdivtxfen  ttitf.) 

S1  onto  in.    9iut)ig,  meine  35amen.     2Btr  finb  ol^ne  ®e» 


auftritt  HI.]  8opf  unb  <Sd)toert.  105 

faljr.  2>iefer  9lbenb  ttrirb  @d)tag  auf  @d)tag*  eine  fiber* 
rafdjung  nad)  ber  anbern  'bringen.  2Ben  derntuten  @te  ttjofyl 
bort  an  ber  £f)ur? 

(SJJan  podit  wieber.) 

£>ol$enborf.    3)ie £nnb  fdjetnt  mrf)t  bte  jartefte  511  fetn.    5 
®ijntgtn.     2)odj!    2)od}*!    @§  i[t  bas  ungeftiime  S3er* 
tangen  eine^  28e[en§,  ba§  id)  ben  9Jiut  gefyabt  i)abe,   auS 
einer  entroiirbigenben  Sage  511  befreien.     9Jc^nten  @te  ruljig 
3^re  ^)3(d§e  ein,  meine  2)amen.    8a[fen  <Ste  fid)  burd)  md)t§, 
burd)  feine  Uberrafdjung  ftoren.    S3on  ben  S)ingen,  bie  l^eute  10 
lommen  merben,   ift  bie^  ber  Stnfang,  unb  jo  ruf  id)  benn, 
ntit  iiberroattenbem  ©efii^I,  (nmfjrenb  tuieber  gefiopft  toirb)  mcifeigc 
bein  Ungeftiim,  geliebte§  2Bejen,  bu  finbeft,  toa2  bu  fud)teft, 
beine  Gutter!  (©ieoffnet) 


Drttter  Anftrtti  15 

(in  einem  h)ei{jcn  3Kantet,  ben  §ut  ttef  inS  ©eftcfjt  gebriiit). 
Qic  SBortgcn. 

^  5  n  i  g.    3a,  5) eine  Gutter ! 

^ofbamen  (ftc^cn  mit  cinem  gntfe^enSIout  auf)- 

^  6  n  i  g  (titmmt  bc«  §ut  ab).  20 

^6  nig  in  (fieifcite,  bemtc^tct).    S)er  ^5nig! 

S'Snig  (sprnio,  fid)  afrer  ,^IIT  Sculfdigfcit  jtoingenb*).    <StC^,  fte^, 
ba»  tjier  l^ubfd)  ift*!  2LMe  fd)6n  fid)  ba§  t)ter  au§nimntt*, 
trenn  fo  red)t  »iel  Cid)ter  brennen!  (Siaft  eitiigeous.)    SSariim 
berftecfen  <Sie  fid)  benn  fo,  meine  2)amen?  ^>aben  @ie  btefen  25 
5kfud)  enuartet? 

^5  nig  in.     2)Jajeftat  — 

^)  o  f  b  a  in  e  n    (ftiiu-n  fid)  fo,  bafe  fie  bie  Sifdje  berbecfen,  nnb  ber= 
raid)  Mi1  Vuii,  .1). 
5 nig.  Caffeu  Sie  fid)  bod)  nid)t  fib'rott,  nicinc  ^amcn!  30 


1  06  3opf  unb  <£4)U>ett.  [fcufeug  V 


2Sktdje§*  ift  benn  ber  ®egenftanb  Sfyret  angeiicfynten  llntcr 
Battling?  (Si,  ei,  grou  bon  £>ol§enborf,  ein  (grfjalcfjen*  ©uvpe, 
gem  gegeben!  (©eijt  naijer,  ftcljt  bag  eetbtce.)  £ob,o,  (2ilber= 
fert)ice!  (Sieljt  in  bte  Saffen.)  2Ba§?  £(jee?  ©cfjofotabe?  fiaffce? 
5  $  6  n  i  g  t  n.  <Sie  tcerben  —  erlaiiben,  3JjQJe|"tdt,  ba^  roir 
—  mit  iinferm  3a^r^«n^ert  fortfc^reiten. 

^6  nig.     grau  don  Sterecf,  @te,  badjt'  td^,  tudrcn  bod) 
mit  3$rem   Sa^r^)un^crt  fi^on  lange  genug  fortgei'cfjritten  1 
SSor  breifetg  ^a^ren  befam  ic^   alter  Snabe  ntanc^mal  ein 
10  £anbcl)en  Oon  ^^n^n   --   (SRetdjt  liftig  eine  §anb). 

(fudit  ^inten   bie  Garten   ju  toerfeergen).     5{d&,     bte|'e 
3J?ajeftat  —  !  (SRei^t  eine  &anb.) 
^8  nig.    Setbe,  Beibe,  ftmu  oon  SSierecf! 
SS  i  e  r  e  cf  (Ia6t  ^inten  bie  fiarten  fatten). 

16  ^8  nig.  2Ba3  ift  ba§?  @te  tie^en  etroaS  fatten?  3J?etn 
®ott,  fatten  !  (@te^t  fprac^Io?-.)  Garten  —  !  (3ur  ^dntgin.)  21?^ 
batne,  Sarten  —  !  (Sin  c^rtftlic^er  £>of  —  unb  Garten  !  Sftidjt 
n?a^r,  grau  toon  iBierecf,  @ie  ^aben  au^  ben  Garten  nut 
getoeiSfagt,  @ie  ^aben  fid^  btofc  bie  Sarte  gelegt 
20  metne  S)amen,  @ie  Ijaben  blofe  toiffen  moHen,  grau  con 
SSiered,  ob  @ie  nod^  einmal*  ib.ren  fiinften  sIRann  begraben 
toerben?  SBie?  Ober  bod)*?  —  ®elb  auf  ben  £ifrf)en  — 
(<£ci)iagt  bie  $a'nbe  jufammen.)  @ie  b,aben  gefpicltl  2InmeU 
n  e  m  §ofe  gefpiett  !  Garten  gefpielt  !  (e«  iiopft  reacts.) 
25  2i3er  Ko^ft  ba? 

^6  nig  in  (beifeite).    SSittjelmine    obtr   ber   $rin5   Don 
2BaIe§  !  S^  bin  Oerloren.  (e«  fiopft  toieber  leife.) 

^6itig.  ©rmarten  @ie  noc^  me^r  Seruc^*?  ^erein  —  i 

felbft  uiib  ojinet.) 


auftiitt  IV.]  Soj)f  unb  edjtoert.  107 


tyterter  Auftrttt. 

(toetfe  toerfc&Jetert  unb  im  iceijjcn  Sonrino,  tritt  befjitfant  Ijerein). 
$ie  SBorigen. 

®8nig.     Sine    »erfd)teierte  2)ame?    <5o  geb,etmni§oofl 
bie  23efud)e,  bie  Ijier  empfangen  roerben?  (£ebt  ben  (Scbjeier  ab.)    5 
2Ba§  jet)'  id)?  2Bttt)eImine! 

23ilb,elmine  (ftur^t  tijm  w  gufeen*).    SBater ,  SSergebung ! 

^6 nig.    ®tn  (StnBrui^  in  bie  <3taat§gefangniffe?   (gin 
2lttentat*  auf  meinen  ofler^ocfij'ten  28ttten? 

28  iff)  el  mine  (firf)  er^e&cnb,  beifeite).    2)a  bin  id^  fdjon  an*  10 
gefommen  *.   (e§  flopft  je^t  itnfs.) 

Sonig.    Stopft  e§  ntrfjt  frf)on  toteber?  (g§ fiopft fiorter.) 
3$)  gtaube,  ba§  Sd^Ioft  ift  Derfyejt*?   @o  bin  id^  olfo  bem 
3lu§brud§  einer  SSerfrfjroorung  noc^  glucflid)  juDorgefommen ! 
(es  iiopft  ftarfer.)    2Ber  tft  an  jener   Xt)iir?    <Ste   antttjorten  15 
nid)t?  SJ^un,  fo  mufj  id)  felb[t  offnen. 

^onigin  (tritt  Ujm  entflegcn).     @ie  hjcrben*  nidjt! 

^onig.    <Sie  woflen   mid;   uerfjinbern,  bie  getnbc  bcr 
Jltone  fennen  ju  lernen?   3d)  tt)erbe  offnen. 

@  o  n  i  g  t  n.    ^tmmerme^r !  20 

®5nig.    <Ste  bieten   mir  Xrofc?    @te  toiberfe^en  fid) 
bem  ®ontg. 

So  nig  in.  3fa,  id)  fii^le  bie  $raft  in  mir.  2J?eine 
$amen,  ^oren  @te,  rt)e§^a(b  id)  @ie  einlub,  ^eiite  in  biefen 
3immern,  ^eute  bei  3^rer  ^b'nigin  jn  erfdjeinen.  ^a,  ©ire,  25 
her  Brc^d1  biefer  Stunbe  roar,  bie  gtiben  3^er  ^Solitif  burd) 
gtoei  §dnbe  ju  jerret§en,  »oeld)e  beftimmt  finb,  tereint  burd)^ 
Seben  511  geb,en. 

S33tt^elmine.    Qmti  §dnbe? 

$6  nig  in.     2Bitt)etmine,  id)   Ijabe  35id)  an?   einer  ©e=  30 


108  8<tyf  unb  ®$toert  [STufjug  V. 

fangenfdbaft  befreit,  bie  ber  Xodjter  etne§  ®8nig§  unrou'rbtg 
ift.    €)ffnen  @ie,  8ire!   @ie  ftnben  meinen  9ieoeu,  meinen 
fiinftigen  ©cfyroiegerfo^n,  ben  ^riiijen  Don  28ale§! 
SlUe.    $>en  ^rinsen  toon  28ate§? 

5          §  0  n  i  g  (nadjbem  er  fid)  gefammelt  fjat).  SJJabame,  @tc  etreirfjeil, 

roa§  @te  looHen.  @ie  jerrei§en  ba§  93anb,  ba§  mid^  bi§^et 
an  nteine  gamilte,  ba§  mtcf)  an§  Seben  fcffclte.  @ie  toiffen, 
ba^  mtr  bie  @t)re  unb  ber  gute  9tuf  iiber  afle  S3erec^nungen 
ber  Spolttit  ge^en.  @ie  wiffen,  bafe  bur<^  biefe  na^ttidie 

!  0  <3$ene,  burc^  bie§  geb.etme  (Smoerftanbm*  mit  etneni  fiir  mic^ 
nur  abenteuerltc^en  grembting  SBilfjetminene  3xuf  auf  immer 
oemtd^tet  ift.  greuen  @ie  fic^  %fyn%  Xriumpt)e§  auf  Sftrem 
fiinftigen  2Bittt)enfi|*  Drantenbaum,  njob,in  icb,  @ie  ^tcnnit 
nac^  ben  ®efe$en  unferel  ^>auje§  fiir  bie  nocfj  futje*  3^tt 

15  metneg  SebenS  Derroeife. 

S33  i  ( b,  e  I  m  i  n  e  (auf  ben  ®6nig  petienb).    S'iimmerme^r ! 
Sdnig.    9Kabame,   laffen   @ie  je|t  ben  ^rinjcn   Don 
SSate§  eintreten! 

^  6  n  i  Q  i  n  (f^wanlt  nttt  ^orbaren  Sttemiiigen  ait  bie  £f)iir,  fie  totrft 

20  nod)  einen  S3  lid  gen  $hnmel  unb  offnet). 


2>er  Gfrfiprtnj  (ttef  in  einen  wetfeen  SKantel  -gefiuHt).  ^ot^om  (mft 
einer  fpificn  SBledjtmtfce  *,  tnie  fte  jum  bamaltgen  preii&ifcijcn  WilitaTfoftiim 
fldjovte,  inber^anb;  boc^  barf  biefe  norfjmrfitgefeljeHWerben).  2>ic  S?ori(]cn. 

25        aBil^etmine.     SBie?  2Ben  fe^'  ic^? 
SI  tie.     2)er  Grbprinj  t>on  SBatreut^I 
^onigin.    2Ba§   ift  ba§,   fitter!  9Bo  ift  ber  $rinj 
uon  2Bate§? 

ftotfjatn.    SKajeftfit,   irf)  erflnune!  39ie   idj  foeben,   :w 


Kitftritt  V.]  3opf  unb  <acfm>ert.  109 

biefem  Slugenbttd,  erfafyren  fjabe  —  bet  s]iuinj  ift  ouf  etiier 
Netje  nad)  (Sd)ott(anb  bcgriffen*. 

jSlUe.     SBie? 

i.£5nigin.     $er  S$rin3  ift  nidjt  in  iBerlin? 

£>otb,am.  28ab,renb  eitiige  ber  gtaubnnirbigften  ,3eugen  * 
oerfidjcrn,  ber  ^rtnj  luare  nnrtlirf)  ^ter  gettjefen,  tcoOen* 
aubere  befjaupten,  er  ware  nad^  Gnglanb  in  bem  ${ugenbltcf 
juriicfgefeljrt,  wo  er  erfafyren  muBte  *,  ba§  fid)  ba§  5ntereffe 
feine*  ^atriotiSmug,  ba§  ^ntereffe  ber  93aumwofle,  mit  ben 
©mpfinbungen  jeineS  $erjen§  nid)t  tiereintgen  tie§e.  10 

^5 nig.     2Ba§  fofl  ber  (Srbprinj  Don  Satreutb,? 

$  oil) am.  (£r  incite,  Wte  wir,  ben  ^rinjen  son  2BaIe^, 
mit  bem  er  in  Segriff  ift,  fid)  auf  Sob  unbSeben  511  fdjtag-en*. 

/« He.    &a! 

iSfonig.    3U  fd}tagen?  SBarum  benn  @r?  15 

^ot^am.  SSeit  ber  arme  ^Srinj  eine§  fleinen  Sanbe§ 
bem  ^Srinjen  eine§  28eltftaate§  *  feine  glotten,  feine  5lrmeen, 
Ceine  @d)ci^e  gonnt,  einen  @d)a|j  aber  nur  mit  fetnem 
33tut  i^m  abtreten  wirb,  bie  £>anb  ber  ^Srinjejfin  SiBit^el* 
mine,  bie  er  liebtl  20 

(Sfttgemetne  SBetoegimg.) 

^ontg.  2)ie  er  liebt?  35te  ^>anb  meiner  Xodjter? 
3a  *,  fann  benn  ber  Srbprinj  tjon  SBaireut^  aud)  ein  @d)Wert 
fiifjren*? 

^otfjam  (jic^t  bem  (Sibptutjen  ben  SRantel  ab  unb  fcfet  U)in  bie  25 
b(cd)crne  2)Jiige  auf). 

(Srbprinfl  (fte^t  im  ^ofJura  eineS  ©renabierS  ber  3eit  ba.  @eto 
^aav  ift  in  einen  lanflen  3<>Pf  fieflod^ten.  (£r  bletbt  unbetoefllt^,  in  milts 
tavifdjcr  ^altunfl). 

ft 5 nig.    28a§  jet)'  id)?  ber  ©rbprins?  @in  ©renabier?  30 
mt  Bopf  —  unb  --  ©djtoert? 

^otijani.     ^ie  Gciuipierung  be§  jungen  9?efmten  Com 


1  10  3otf  unb  ©rfjtoert.  [Kufjitg  V. 


Regiment  (Stfofenapp,  ben  id)  t>or  feiner  9lbreife  nadj  s}?afe= 
ttmtf  @nx  aftaieftat  borjufteflen  bie  Sfjre  Ijabe. 

®  8  n  i  g.     @in  beutfdjer  $rin5,  ber  jtd)'§  jur  @f)re  rennet, 
in  meiner  Slrntee   t>on  unten  auf  ju  bienen?   (Sommanbiert  :) 
5  Sataiflon,  ttn!§iim!   SataiHon,  tjormart§  morfdj! 
@tbprsinj  (cjer^tert  auf  SBilfjelnttnen  su  *). 
^  5  n  i  g.    £alt  !  (3u  3Bti^elmtnen  :)  3ft  ber  getnb  ba  bruben 
gefonnen,  ftdj  ber  bieSfeittgen  S'QpituIatton  an$uf  djliefcen  *  ? 

SB  i  1  6,  el  mine.    93i§  in  ben  Xob! 

10        ^bnig.     ®an^  Regiment,  recfytSum  jd)tuenft*l   SSor- 
rodrt§  marfd^,  S^erf^ten,  Sinfen,  einunbjmanjig, 
(2nie  bret  marfc^ieren  auf  bie  ItnfS  fte^enbe 


SBilfielmtne  }  . 
15        ©rbtortn*        f  (fl        r       flt" 


^6  nig.  5)a§  war  fein  ®omtnanbo  *. 
Srbprtnj.  SIber  ber  3)rang  be3  |> 
^Ot^am  (gutmiittg  jur  Sonigin  fluftentb).  S^QJeftat,  tier* 

beffern  @te  ben  getjter  ber  beiben  jungen  9lefruten. 
'20       Sdnigin.     ®e^en  @ie  mir  aug  ben  5lugen,  @ie  8Ser= 
rater  an  ^Ijrent  SonigS^aufe.     ©te^'  auf,  2BiIb,etmine.    (3utn 
SiJnig,  aogernb.)    28tr  b,aben  ia  aber  nod)  i&fterretd^? 

SPfinig.   3lber  Ofterretd)  b,at  nid;t  u  n  3.  5)ie^reaturen, 
^jSrinj?     SUforgcn    friib,    gibt'g    2lbfd;iebe   unb    ^5enfionen. 
25  sD?utterdjen,  tie^men  ft)tr  i^n  sum  ©djrotegerjoljn  ? 

^5nigtn.    Unter  ber  Sebingung  —  ba§  —  bie  2lu§= 
[teuer  oon  mir  feftgefefct  tt)irb  — 

^8  nig.     Unb  ber  --  baft  ®U  (bie  $6nigin  umormenb)  an 

meinem   Bergen    bteibft.     %tfyt  fe^tt   nur   griebrid)    nod)! 

'60  Slitter  $otljam,  bag   fam  atfo  aHe3  toon  3^er  SSaumtooUe 

^er?   2)anl*  ^nen  fiir  ben  pradjtigen  Sflefruten!  (3u§ot^am 

but  in§  Dfir:)    2Bie  tft  er  benn  fo  fdnteff  nild;tern  geroorben? 


?ruftritt  V.]  3opt  wnb  ©djtoert.  Ill 

@  r  b  p  r  i  n  5.   SWajeftdt,  ^ergebung,  nodj  bin  id)  ja  tritnfen 


Dor 

Skrgebung?    2fiir  3&,re  3M>e,   mein 
fie  einft  fo,  rote  @ie  fie  gefjatten  b,aben,  int  SBiicfj  ber 
c^te  |"tet)t,    ift  mein  alte§  ^erj  jufrteben  unb  roflnfrfjt    5 
nur  noc^*,  ba§  man  {jtnjufiigt:  @r  woQte  mit  feinem  (Sd&roert 
mfyl  ^onig,  aber  mit  feinem  Sopf  nur  ber  erfte  38ft t  jet  feinl 


(Set  $or$ang  fd 


NOTES. 


Page  4. 

1.     I.     2lllf$lltJ    'scene',  from   aufjtehen    'draw   up'    [the  curtain] ; 
cf.  SSCnftvltt  'act',' from  cntftretett  'step  (tread)  on  [the  stage]',   'appear'. 
8.     i.  e.    'to  her  apartments'.     SBir&El  'a  r°H  on  the  drum'. 

IO.  fd)0H  nut  'all  right',  'enough'  ;  notice  the  accent  on  gut ; 
frfjou  'already'  is  frequently  not  to  be  translated  in  English  and 
merely  expressed  by  the  tone  of  the  voice. 

16.  Jltttt  3llt3()ttUen  'to  be  endured'  ;  the  infin.  is  used 
substantively ;  we  might  also  say  e$  tft  nid)t  aitSjltbalten  (active 
voice  after  fetn) ;  cf.  e8  tfl  gum  25er.rucftroev.ben  (or  urn  BerrMt 
$lt  roevben)  'it  is  [enough]  to  drive  one  (to  become)  mad'  ;  ev  ifi 
}um  Sterben  fvanf  (or  fterbenSfrant)  'ae  is  sick  unto  death'. 

17-  Me  9?ert»cu  mbdjtcn  eincm  =  elites  (genit.  of  the  indef. 
pron.)  ^Jertten  mocfjten;  modjten  (from  mbgert)  'might',  'could',  in- 
dicates here  a  tendency  which  nvght  under  circumstances  result 
in  something.  £inW  Hilt!  'left-face'!  French:  A.  gauche!  word 
of  command. 

18.    too  tf)r  ^tn  rjeljb'rt  =  roohtn  ('where-to')  ibr  g. 

23.  (]H(lbif|  'gracious1  is  now  common  in  addressing  any  ladies, 
it  formerly  indicated  noble  birth. 

24.  filltClUfll     'since'  is  no  longer  used  except  in  official  do- 
cuments. 

Page  5. 

1.  I-  5a3  .Suftrotattffteljen  lit.  'the  too-late-rising',  'to  rise 
late',  fteilt'fl  from  the  adverb  beitte  '  to-day' ;  cf.  morgig,  geftrtg, 
batnaltg,  batbtg,  from  what  adverbs  ? 


NOTES.  113 

3-  bte  WctietUe  frfjfafleit  'beat  [or  sound]  the  reTeille';  cf. 
French:  'battre  la  diane',  'sonner  le  r6veil*. 

5.  ben  $inberfd)ub,en  entuwdjfen  lit.  'has  grown  out  of  the 
children's  shoes',  hence  'is  no  longer  a  baby';  cf.  bic  $tnberfdE)uIje 
ablegen  (or  ausjieljen). 

6.  be3  2Jforgen§  'in  the  morning',  note  the  genitive  in  un- 
defined expressions  of  time   with  the  articles;    cf.  eineS  2Jlotgen3 
•one  morning',  but  biefen  (ace.)  2lbenb,  3Korgen. 

8.     eublirfien  'final',  from  adverb  ettblicf)  'at  last',  finally'. 

10.     bergletdjen  is  elliptical,  understand  SMngen. 

12.  emtngen  from  emngen;  the  prefix  er»  (from  auS)  often 
denotes  'result',  'attainment',  riltgen  'wrestle',  'struggle',  thus  here 
'struggle  and  attain  [one's  ends]',  'gain' ;  cf.  erfleljen  'get  by  entreaty'. 

14.  feinc*  geftrengen  £emt  SB.  'of  his  worshipful  f.',  for- 
merly in  Germany  men  of  distinction,  magistrates  (as  is  still  done 
in  England)  and  parents  were  addressed  by  ge=ftrcng,  ftreng  ori- 
ginally meaning  fturf  (like  English  'strong'),  then  'strict',  'severe'. 

1 6.  bcljcrrfrijen  'govern';  cf.  etnent  befef)Ien  'order,  tell  one 
t>  do  something',  befefyligen  'lead',  'be  commander-in-chief,  etnm§ 
bcfjerrfcfien  (of  place)  'command',  etnen  be^errf^en  'govern  one'. 

1 8.  attnrijicrtcit  derived  from  French  'attacher'  (from  Latin 
prepos.  'ad'  to  and  Breton  (see  Skeat)  'tach'  a  nail,  hence  'fasten', 
'attach'). 

23.  ttttb  HJU3  OU  SBtnfen  .  .  .  foHcn  Ififtt,  bo§  . . .  'and  what- 
ever hints  . . .  allows  (or  is  pleased  to  allow)  to  fall  [i.  e.  from 
his  lips]',  these  .  .'  bet  'with',  'during'  is  commonly  used  of  con- 
temporaneous circumstances;  if  the  sentence  contains  a  negative 
it  may  be  rendered  by  'in  spite  of. 

27.  beben  @ie    Ollf    'you    pick    up',    'you  keep';     lit   'you 
heave  up'. 

28.  gefd)intcbct  from  fdjtmeben  'forge',  root  ©d&mieb  '[black-] 
smith'  indicates  the  hard  work,  and  the  pains  he  has  taken;  the  word 
here  purposely  reminds  of  5tanle  fdjtnieben  'lay  plots',  'intrigue'. 

30.  Jironprin-t;  the  Crown  Prince,  who  was  born  in  1712, 
had  in  1730  attempted  to  escape  from  the  ill-treatment  of  the 
King  and  fly  to  England.  The  King,  however,  having  found 
out  the  plot,  had  the  Prince  arrested  and  imprisoned  at  Cu&trin, 
a  small  fortress  A  court-martial  was  consequently  held,  and  the 

8 


£14  NOTES. 

Prince  condemned  to  death  as  a  deserter,  but  through  the  i.»t& 
position  of  foreign  courts  his  life  was  spared.  He  was  then  com 
pelled  to  work  on  the  Government-Board  at  Ciistrin  for  the  nexl 
1 5  months,  and  since  1732  at  Ruppin.  At  the  latter  place  he 
partly  continued  to  reside  up  to  1736  alter  having,  against  his 
wish,  been  married  to  Princess  Elisabeth  Christina  of  Brunswick- 
Bevern  at  Berlin  in  1733.  The  Crown  Princess  usually  resided 
at  Berlin  until  they  took  up  their  abode  in  the  Castle  of  Rheins- 
berg  near  Ruppin,  in  the  autumn  of  1736.  (Carlyle  'History  of 
Frederick  the  Great.) 

Page  6. 

1.  2.  id)  tmbttte  mtr  'I  protest  against';  the  prefix  net*  often 
reverses  the  meaning  of  the  simple  verb  to  which  it  is  attached; 
c1.  geljen  —  nergefyen,  faufen  —  nerfaufen,  lernen  —  Dcrlernen. 

9.  fiber  ben  Soffcl  barticren  (an  older  form  is  fcal&teren) 
Shave  [over  the  spoon  i.  e.  the  barber's  basin]';  it  is  figuratively 
used  also  for  'cheat'. 

12.     ftcU'  2)t(ij  Itod)  fo  cl)flicf)  lit.  'place  yourself  [frequently 
in  a  wrong  position]',  thence  'pretend  [to  be]  ever  so  honest'. 

15.     fiujtgorten  'pleasure-grounds,  'park'. 

19.     ja  often  replaces  fogar,  felbft  'even'. 

21.  t)Slt  fetnen  9Jltttag3fdj(af   (or  fein  <£dE»lafd)en  madden) 
•takes  his  siesta'. 

22.  gefpottttt    lit.    'stretched',    'strained',    thence    'of   strained 
relations',  'on  bad  terms'. 

24.  oHerljoififte  ©tfjnardjunterljaltung ;   alierfjodjft  lit.  'of  all 
[the]  highest'  is  applied  to  members  of  the  Royal  family,  render 
it  by  'royal';  Srfinard&unterljaltung  =  llnterljaltxmg  mit  ©djnardjen 
'snoring  entertainment'. 

25.  Wit   is  commonly   used  without  the  dative  object  if  the 
latter  is  a  personal  pronoun,  here  tf)tn;  jtt  fogor  *nay  even*. 

26.  £anbc3t)dtcr  'father  of  his  people';  a  familiar  mode  of  address 
by  the  German  people  to  their  rulers;    cf.  Sanbestyerr,  £au6U)irt. 
King  Frederick  William    (1713 — 1740)    was  notorious  for  his  ex- 
traordinary parsimony,   shrewdness    of  character,  and  simplicity  uf 
manners.     His  pride   was   to  be  the  first    citizen  of  his  state   and 
no  more.     He  hated  everything  foreign  whether  imitated  by  mem- 


NOTES.  115 

;;ers  of  his  family  and  household  or  by  any  one  else.  His  mind 
was  eminently  practical,  but  uneducated,  suspicious,  and  tyrannical 
if  his  supreme  will  were  not  instantly  complied  with.  He  had  a 
special  predilection  for  tall  soldiers,  it  is  true,  but  it  must  not 
be  overlooked  that  but  for  the  excellent  drill  and  iron  discipline 
he  infused  into  the  Prussian  army  and  in  fact  into  the  whole 
official  life  of  the  country,  his  son,  afterwards  Frederick  the  Great, 
would  never  have  been  able  victoriously  to  emerge  from  the  most 
sanguinary  (the  'seven  years'  and  Silesian)  wars  recorded  in  Prussian 
history. 

31.  notbiirfttg  from  SRotburft  =  nottgeS  33eburfni§,  burft 
(from  fcitrfen)  is  now  obsolete;  9lot  =  'need';  here  'by  hook  01 
by  crook'.  S3iOett(rf)Ctl)  from  French  'billet',  Latin  diminutive  form 
'billeta'  (for  'bulletta'),  from  'billa',  older  form  'bulla',  a  bubble, 
golden  or  leaden  seal,  thence  (a  part  for  the  whole)  'an  edict', 
'writing'. 

Page  7. 

1.  4  SBilhcfmittC,  afterwards  Princess  of  Baireuth  well  known 
for  tl:e  sarcastic  memoirs  she  wrote  (S)enfnmrbtgfeiten  au§  bent 
£eben  t;or  fontgl.  prru$if$en  ^rinjeffm  J-neberife  Sophie  SBU&elmtne 
BOH  17!'6 — 1742,  published  in  French  in  1810  and  translated  into 
German  the  same  year).  She  was  born  in  1709  and  died  in  1758. 
She  was,  like  her  brother,  roughly  treated  by  her  father  and, 
after  the  project  of  her  marriage  to  the  Prince  of  Wales  had 
come  to  nothing,  she  was  wedded  in  1731  to  the  Prince  of  Bai- 
reuth. Like  her  great  brother  she  was  devoted  to  literary  pur- 
suits, and  had,  talented  though  she  was,  in  common  with  him 
whose  favourite  she  was,  a  sarcastic  and  even  malicious  turn  of 
mind.  See  Introduction. 

13.  bcrfti'tube  older  form  of  imperfect  subj.  of  terftehen;  cf. 
fteljcn  —  entftehen,  befteljen,  geftefien,  netftefeen. 

19.  !Kitrtfifi)tcn  uor  ber  2Be(tgefd)tdjte  lit.  'have  regard  [as  she 
lives]  before  [the  tribunal  of]  universal  history',  i.  e.  'for  her 
historical  reputation';  we  say  3iuc!ftd)t  auf  (ace.)  with  'regard  to'; 
SHiidfid)t  from  ritcEfroartS]  fefien  (er  ftebt,  Sidjt  sight). 

22.  ju  ®runbe  geljett  lit  'go  to  the  [ground  or]  bottom  [of 
the  sea]',  'be  ruined'. 

8* 


tle  NOTES. 

23.  u«nim:l>ifl  =  tm  (cf.  oljue  without)  —  SJhmb  (old  HigV 
German  'munt'  =  @d)U^,  £mub  'protection'),  i.  e.  'without  pro- 
tection', thence  'under  age';  this  root  2)ilinb  is  not  connected  with 
SRunb  'mouth'. 

27.  ttjem  C3  red)t  ntflt^en  follen  'whom  you  are  to  please': 
the  expletive  and  introductory  es  is  frequently  used  with  reference 
either  to  some  following  objective  clause  (as  id)  ratify  C§  ntdjt, 
niO§  id)  madden  foil,  I  do  not  know  what  to  do),  or  to  some  in- 
definite object  understood  with  the  verb,  as  here. 

PageS. 

1.  3.     etttCU  9!nf)nlt  511  gebeit  'render  assistance',  'support',  lit. 
'give  a  holding  on  [one]'. 

6.  ^ctc-bnmcr  'of  Potsdam',  really  a  genitive  plural,  but  used 
as  an  indeclinable  adjective. 

7.  treten  unter  'join*. 

9.  mctn  S3rui»er  tjnt  gut  ^lanc  marfjcn  It  is  easy  for  my 
brother  to...';  cf.  French:  il  a  beau  rire! 

10.  Ccmifffire  (=  9l6=gefanbte),  from  French  'Anissaire', 
Latin  'emissarius  (=  ex-missus )'. 

12.     bctn  render  in  English  by  the  indef.  art. 

15.  Sltd)t  JWt  ^Jolitif  'mania  for  polities';  ©ud^t  is  substan- 
tive and    like  ©eudje   'pest'   derived   from   jtedj   'sick   (ftecfjen   'be 
sickly'),    and  originally  corresponded  to    'sickness',    as    2Bafferfud)t 
'dropsy',  ©elbfud)t  'jaundice';  in  New  High  German  popular  feeling 
has  associated  <Sud)t   with  fudjen,  'seek',  as  in  9tad)nid)t   'vindicti- 
veness',    ©ifetfudgt  'jealousy';    cf.  the  pretty   bon  mot    of  Schleier- 
macher:  @ifcr=fud)t  i[t  eine  £eiben=|'d)aft,  bie  mil  Sifer  fud)t,  tua^ 
Setben   fd^afft  —   'jealousy   is   a   passion   that   eagerly   seeks   that 
which  will  cause  you  grief. 

16.  nun  ehnitnt  'as  it  is'. 

1 8.  a  &  en  t  cit  C  r  itii  'adventurous',  from  French  'aventure',  Latin'  ad- 
Centura',  (from  'venire'  come)  'that  which  is  about  to  come  [to  pass]'. 

20.  ijrntalen  JHljeiuSberger  ficben-  The  Crown  Prince  had 
at  Rheinsberg  gathered  round  him  a  company  of  congenial  friends 
who  like  himself  were  devoted  to  literature  and  to  music.  He 
afterwards  reigned  from  1740—1768;  from  1750 — 1753  Voltaire 
lived  with  him,  the  greatest  writer  with  the  greatest  monarch  of 


NOTES.  1  |  7 

nis  time  But  owing  to  Voltaire's  avarice,  vanity,  and  fri  rolity  or 
character  as  well  as  to  Frederic's  inconsistency  of  friendship,  sus- 
picions and  contempt  for  man's  weaknesses  they  parted  in  hatred. 
21.  etU  (SJebttltfe  ttte  Ct  'an  idea  such  as',  understand  fold) 
before  ein. 

24.  In  (tiger  $>tnge   'be   of  good  cheer',    understand   fetn,  - 
the  genitive  being  frequent  with  fetn,  roerben,  gefyen,  «id  fommeit 
in  certain  expressions  such  as  gef)  Seiner  SL'ege!  get  along!  rcdjt 
mitten  brtnncn,  idiomatic  for  retfjt  mitten  in  bent  SRJjetmS&erger. 
Savm  b[a]rinnen  fein. 

25.  ba  ttir  nun  einntal  ftnb,  'since  we  happen  to  be  now'. 

26.  jut    9lot    snfomnteuflcuontmen    'scraped  together  -with 
difficulty',  lit.  'collected  for  [the|  need  [of  this  case]'. 

30.  id)  befoffe  mid)  tttdjt  mit  'I  do  not  undertake',  'I  will 
have  nothing  to  do  with';  cf.  id)  faffe  mid)  'I  compose  myself. 

Page  9. 
1.  3.    tJcrttJtrft  man  fetn  fieben  'one  forfeits  one's  life';  nrirfen 

is  'work',  and  the  prefix  net  (English  'for')  often  expresses  'losing, 
perishing'  and  thus  reverses  and  negatives  the  action  of  a  verb; 
here  literally  'lose  one's  life  by  some  work,  some  deed  (misdeed) ; 
cf.  English  'for-swear',  for-feit',  'forbid',  and  German  net^bliiljen, 
t>er=mieten,  ner-Ionnen,  uer4ernen. 

10.  flclnitflcn  ju  (nffcn  an  'forward  to',  lit.  let  or  make 
arrive  at'. 

25.  gait  ntdjt  ^'JHCtt  'was  not  meant  for  you',  'was  not 
to  you'. 

27.  XevrniiifcnntutS    'knowledge    of    the   locality';    Certain 
from  French  'terrain',  'ground  (from  a  military  point  of  view)'. 

Page  IO. 

1.  5.  fdjoncnb  'discreetly',  lit.  'sparingly';  cf.  fdjonen  spare, 
fparen  save  (money),  retten  save  (men). 

8.  tnoljlauf?  'quite  well'?  cf.  n>of)Iauf  and  frifdjauf  as 
interjections  when  they  are  followed  by  perf.  part.,  as  rooijlauf 
nod)  getrunfen  ben  fttnfelnben  SBein!  grti"d)oiif,  ^omeraben,  aufg 
^ifetb,  auf3  ^pferb,  ing  gelb  in  bie  greihett  gejogen!  the  perf. 


U8  NOTES. 

participles    getritllfen    and    gejogen    (Schiller)    have    the    force    ol 
imperatives. 

18.  bicitt  bajU  'serves  for  the  purpose  of;  note  that  German 
prepositions  cannot  govern  a  verbal  noun  or  gerund  of  neuter  verbs 
as  in  English,  but  prefix  bd  (or   bat   before  vowels)    to    the  pre- 
position and  are  followed  by  ju  and  an  infinitive,  as  'he  thought 
of  departing'  er  badjte  bar=an  ab§urei)en;  and  the  infinitive  clause 
is  changed  into  a  clause  with  bap  if  it  contains  a  new  subject  as 
'he  thought  of  my  departing  er   batfjte   bar- an,    ba§  id)  abreifte 
(or  abreifen  roottte). 

19  $ii(l)l)tu$p  a  Greek  historian,  was  born  in  202  B.  C.  at 
Megalopolis  in  Arcadia,  was  sent  to  Rome  as  one  of  the  Achaian 
hostages  in  167,  and  became  a  fast  friend  of  the  younger  Scipio. 
He  died  in  his  native  country  in  122.  His  chief  work  is  the  'History 
of  the  extension  of  Roman  rule  from  220 — 146  B.  C. 

25.  ©rfunbtgungeit  einjichcu  'collect  information'. 

26.  ttiic  biefcr  fiage   abjuljelfett  'how    to   remedy   this  state 
of   things',    understand   ift   after    abjubelfen;      notice   that   all  ob- 
jective verbs  governing  the  dative  become  impersonal  verbs  when 
turned  into  the  passive  voice,  as  a  dative  cannot  be  changed  into 
a  nominative  and  be  subject,   which  is  then  introduced   by  e3,  as 
er   Balf  tnir  'he  helped  me',  but   e§  rourbe  mir  Don  it)m  gebolfen 
'I  was  helped  by  him';  verbs  governing  an  accus.   are  treated  as  in 
English  id)  fab,  ben  SDtonn,  ber  2Kann  nmrbe  »on  mtr  gefeben. 

28.    erfiihre  man  is  conditional  for  roenn  man  erf. 

Page  II. 

1.  8.  glofierte  ^Jarfette  'polished  [inlaid]  floor' ;  cf.  ba§  $ar!ett 
'pit-stalls',  is  a  word  borrowed  from  the  French:  'parquet',  from  La- 
tin 'parcus'  (verb  parcere'  spare,  reserve),  a  park,  reserve  (originally 
an  enclosed  reserve,  sheepfold). 

14-     fcttt  ©cfict  fyaft  'says  grace'. 

16.  fiinf  eittc  gerobe  3af)t  fcin  Ia§t  here  'swear  that  black's 
white',  lit.  'allows  five  to  be  an  even  number'. 

19.  wo  man  fidj  ba§  fiebcn  fauer  ma(^t  'where  they  em- 
bitter  one  another's  life';  fidj  is  here  reciprocal. 


NOTES.  119 

24.  nlle  erbenfftdjen  9J?ttteI  aufjitMetett  'to  use  all  possible 
means',  erben!lidj  from  erbenfen  think  of,  find  out ;  cf.  ein  §eer 
auf=bieten  lit.  'bid  an  army  get  up,  rise',  'raise  an  army'. 

Page  13. 
1.  7.    j«  mtr  barf  understand  fotnmen. 

8.     fid)  OU§tt>etfCtt    'prove   his   identity*;    «f.   auSroetfen    1U. 
'show   out  [of  the  country]',  'exile'. 

16.     fomttag(td)  =  @onntag§  'every  Sunday',   'on  Sundays'. 
19.    ^offtaat  'household',  'retinue';  cf.  fie  madjt  grojjen  <£taat 
lllit    if)ren    $inbern     'she    makes    a    great  show    (parade)    of  her 
children'. 

21.     briiben  (bar^iiben)  'over  there',  'ovre  yonder'. 

29.  ba$  tft  bod)   tttd)t    Cttta    'surely  you   don't  mean  to  say 
it    is';   bod}    corresponds   to    English   'though'    and   signifies  'yet', 
'surely',  ettDtt  is  'perchance'. 

30.  bic  ©ttrfiidjc  'kitchen';  originally  'cook-shop',  'restaurant', 
from  got  'ready',  'cooked  [meat]',  and  $iid)e  'kitchen'. 


Page  13. 

1.  n.     JVOltcn  'rule',  'have  charge  of;  cf.  oetroalten  'administer', 
SSerror.Iter  'inspector',  bie  ©eumlt  'the  power'. 

15  bod)  nod)  fllitrfltdjer  lit.  'yet  [still]  luckier,  for  all  that'; 
cf.  id)  bin  nod)  gliidlidier  al3  er  'still  (as  it  now  is)  I  am  luckier  than 
he',  and  id)  bin  bod)  gliicfltrfjer  al£  er  'yet  (nevertheless)  I  am  luckier 
lhan  he  is';  these  different  significations  will  be  understood  if  we 
remember  that  bod)  originally  meant  the  same  as  now  obgletd)  = 
•though',  and  nodj  —  nu[n]  oud). 

17.  nod)  fo  fd)8n  =  nrie  fdjon  er  oudj  'however  beau- 
tifully'. 

21.  gCWOflt  fcttt  foD  'is  to  be  risked';  notice  fein  instead  of 
tuevbeil  when  the  action  is  to  be  expressed  as  finished,  decided 
upon,  not  as  growing,  becoming. 

24.  iintcr  anbcrni  'among  other  things';  cf.  cor  allem  'above 
all  [things]':  cfcgiuit  and  moberil  are  adverbs  of  manner. 


120  NOTES. 


Page  14. 

1.  3.  WO  toeir  id)  'where  am  I?'  roetten  'remain'  from  SSeile 
'while';  cf.  [att]bieroeU  (M.  H.  G.  'die  wile)  =  fo  [ange  at§,  toaf)= 
renb  'while'  (conjunction),  thence  bieiDeil  (or  berroetl)  =  roeil 
'because'  as  in  Uhland's  ber  gute  &amerab:  benoeil  id)  e6en  lab' 
i.  e.  as  long  as  (while)  I  am  loading,  and  hence  on  account  of 
this  reason  it  comes  to  mean  'because'. 

5.  .^OticI;     the    Spree    empties    itself  into   the  Havel,   the 
latter  into  the  Elbe. 

7.  3"Vfen  Ullb  (yamufdjett  'its  pig-tails  and  gaiters';  these 
were  at  that  time  worn  especially  by  the  military  and  hence  be- 
came equivalent  to  military  pedantry,  martinetism;  ©amafdje  is 
borrowed  from  old  French;  mtr  fiCbnrtjt  babe  from  fid)  benfen: 
notice  the  dative  of  the  personal  pron. 

18.     roofjtu  .  .  tuofjl  here  'I  wonder  where  .  .  .  to'. 

28.  ucrmcljrt  fid) ;  notice  that  the  reflective  form  of  a  verb 
is  frequently  preferred  in  German  to  the  passive  voice. 

Page  15. 

L  5.  9ftettte  Xodjter  f  rfjon  auf  ?  ift  is  understood ;  f rf)on  auf  =  up 
yet*;  cf.  atlffte^cn  'get  up',  'rise'  (of  man),  aufgeljen  'rise'  (of  the 
sun,  moon,  stars). 

6.  ongcftrcngt  is  an  adverb,  from  fid;  anftrengen  'exert  one 
self;   here  'hard'. 

7.  Ictbtgc  'tiresome',  'loathsome';  Seib  corresponds  to  'loath' 
but  here  signifies  'pain',  'grief;  cf.  e§  tfiut  mtr  letb  I  am  sorry. 

21.  ift  etttJdS  int  SSBcrfc  'is  something  the  matter'?  lit.  is 
something  at  work,  going  on. 

28.  fttftcn  'stir  up',  originally  'found',  from  (Btift  'charitable 
foundation'. 

29.  brennc   Bor  Segterbe  lit.   'bum  for   desire',   here   'I  am 
burning';  not  expresses  cause  like  the  English  for'. 

Page  1 6. 
1.    a.    bo  tft  =  angelommen  iji 


NOTES.  121 

12.    JBtebermomt  =  bieber=er  3#ann  'worthy  man';  bieber  is 
a  contraction  of  bte=berb  'upright',  'honest',  originally  'useful'. 
14.     bttte,  id)  is  understood. 


Page  17. 

1.  i.  benwfHeu  ©egenftutib,  from  the  root  nriff=en,  (nwfcte,  gc» 
rcujjt),  English  'wot',  here  'the  matter  in  question';  it  also  signi- 
fies 'conscious  of.  $>a3  2fu3fiiIjrUtl)ere  unb  UmftSnbHdjere 
( comparatives  used  substantively)  liber  biefen  benmfjten  ©egenftnnfc 
'the  details  and  particulars  of  the  matter  in  question'. 

6  bag  Uertt)i(fe(t  fitf)  'things  are  getting  complicated',  'the 
plot's  thickening'. 

7.  bcr  brattben&urgtfd)e  jturljut  'the  electorate  of  Branden- 
burg'; notice  the  play  on  the  words  £ut  and  Stone;  the  Queen 
Sophia  Dorothea,  a  Princess  of  Hannover,  was  born  in  1687  and 
died  in  1758.  It  is  interesting  to  note  the  development  of  Bran- 
denburg-Prussia. The  earliest  ancestors  of  her  rulers  were  first 
known  in  history  about  the  middle  of  the  ll'h  century  as  Counts 
of  Zollern  or  Hohenzollern,  so  called  after  the  ancestral  castlo 
in  Swabia,  in  the  South  of  Germany.  In  1191  they  became, 
through  marriage,  Burgraves,  of  Nuremberg.  The  Margravate  of 
Brandenburg  which  in  1356  was  made  an  electorate  (the  ruler 
of  which  had  together  with  eight  other  German  Princes  as  electors 
to  choose  the  German  King)  and  was  in  1373  sold  by  the 
then  Margrave  to  the  German  Emperor  Karl  IV,  whose  son,  the 
Emperor  Sigismund,  was  in  1411  left  in  charge  of  Frederick,  sixth 
Burgrave  of  Nuremberg,  as  Governor.  But,  since  the  Emperor 
could  not  think  of  ever  repaying  the  large  sums  of  money 
the  Burgrave  had  spent  in  improving  .  the  electorate,  he  in  1415 
appointed  him  Elector  and  invested  him  with  the  new  dignity 
and  the  Margravate  in  1417.  Since  this  memorable  year  in  Prus- 
sian history  the  Electors  of  Hohenzollern -Brandenburg  steadily 
and  considerately  improved  the  country  and  by  treaty  in  1618 
took  possession  of  the  Duchy  of  Prussia.  But  it  was  not  till  the 
great  Elector  Friedrich  Wilhelm  succeeded  to  the  Electorate 
(1640 — 1688)  that  Brandenburg-Prussia  became  one  of  the  most 
influential  portions  of  the  German  empire.  He  made  it  indepen- 


122  NOTES. 

dent  of  the  Poles  and  added  to  it  the  greater  part  of  Pomerania 
besides  the  districts  of  Halberstadt,  Minden,  and  Magdeburg 
He  thus  consolidated  the  isolated  portions  of  his  monarchy  and  is 
rightly  called  the  founder  of  the  Prussian  nonarchy.  His  ambi- 
tious son  then  raised  Prussia  (it  had  been  taken  over  from  the 
Poles  and  was  an  independent  member  of  the  German  empire) 
to  the  rank  of  a  Kingdom,  and  his  successor,  King  Friedrich 
Wilhelm  I  (1713 — 1740)  infused  into  its  bureaucracy  a  strict 
sense  of  honesty  and  healthily  improved  the  finances  of  the  country 
in  spite  of,  or  rather  on  account  of  his  pedantically  economic 
habits  and  his  whimsical  despotism  with  regard  to  the  whole 
node  of  life  of  his  subjects  and  of  the  military,  as  is  mildly 
illustrated  in  Gutzkow's  3°Pf  un^  Sdjioert. 

27.  !Kiicfjttf)t  ncljmen  filr   (commoner   ouf)   'pay   regard   to'; 
see  p.  7,  19. 

28.  93tCC'Olltnnce    is    a    loan -word    from   the    French;    it   is 
derived    from    Latin    'minus'   =    'mins'   =    'mis'   =   'mes'    ('m6') 
minoi,  and    'alliance'    (from  'allier',  Latin   'alligare'  =  'alliare'  — 
'allier'  or  'Her'  ally,  unite :  thus  'an  alliance  or  marriage  contracted 
with  a  person  of  minor  or  inferior  rank. 

29.  $l)m  ^rtnscfftn  Xodjtcr;  cf.  the  German  way  of  speak- 
ing  to   a  person   about  his  relatives,   as   2>0re  fyrau  Stutter,   $l)r 
jpevr  SSater,   %()*£  gcauletn  ©djioefter,  jc.  cf.  French:  'monsieur 
votre  pere'. 

Page  1 8. 

1.     3.     ettt,',tcf)t  mtr  'deprives  me  of;  notice  the  dative  governed 
by  verbs  expressing  'taking  from'. 

8.  geflimmt  'disposed',  from  ©ttmnte  'voice' ;  cf.  ©timtnung 
'tune',  'mood'. 

21.  Sic  etntteifyn  'initiate  to  yon',  —  from  SBeilje  'conse- 
cration' and  em  =  Ijtnetn  'in,  into  it';  UJttb,  the  present  with  force 
of  future. 

26.  uuf  beat  Sjride  ^c^  <&  at  stake'. 

27.  tiCrtmttcht    'negotiate',    'settle';    from     prefix    »er*    and 
Wittel  'means',  'medium'. 

32.  tlju  o«f  feme  3Keinung  iriitgcn  iibcr  'find  out  his 
opinion  on',  lit.  'bring  (induce)  him  to  [give]  his  opinion'. 


NOTES.  123 

Page  19. 

1.  2.  itn&ersitnfirf)  'without  delay',  from  the  negative  prefix 
an  (cf.  olme  without)  and  SSerjug  (from  ner-jiefyen  stop  pulling, 
marching)  'delay'. 

4.     uiifnmvten  (©ID.  =  Surer  dat.)  'wait  upon'  corresponds 
to  it  in  root  and  meaning. 

7-     tneiltc  GkttCUett  'my  faithful  [friends,  followers]'. 
IO.     Ueruscdjfclt  'confounds'. 

20.  SBcitbeflelienljeften  'great  historical  events';  cf.  2BeIt« 
gefd)td)te  'universal  history'. 

26.     (Sepr  fdjcnfcu  'lend  an  ear',  'listen  to'. 

Page  20. 
1.     a.     ttliJI,  gefjen  is  understood. 

6.    fottte    man  ntttfj  bcol)oc()fct  fja&ctt   lit.   'should  people 
(one)  have',  here  'is  it  possible  I  have  been  watched  ?' 

IO.  (Jr,  persons  of  low  rank  were  at  that  time  commonly 
addressed  by  the  sing  of  the  third  personal  pronoun. 

1 6.  9itd)t  Urfndje  'don't  mention  it',  =  French  'il  n'y  a 
pas  de  quoi'. 

25.  feeengt  'uneasy',  from  eitge  'narrow';  cntftttft  Ittit  betttl 
ber  2Jlut  =  entftnft  benn  mein  3Jtui  'does  my  courage  fail  me 
now';  benn  is  here  little  more  than  an  expletive. 

Page  21. 
1.    7.    bentt,  see  p  20,  25. 

10.  fcdjcr.t  'haunted';  from  ."pCfe  'hag'  (Seje  is  a  contraction 
of  O.  H.  G.  'hag-zis^a',  Anglos,  'haeg-tesse',  the  English  'hag' 
being  only  the  first  part  of  the  compound);  —  Anglos,  'haga', 
German  Hag  =  hedge,  bush,  it  being  supposed  hags  appeared  in 
hedges  by  night  (Skeat). 

15.  e§  ift  JO  ouf  'it  is  open',  'unlocked';  cf.  aufcmacfyen  open, 
JU=ntad)en  shut  (a  door);  ja  is  expressive  of  irritation,  anger. 

20.  id)  foHnttuiuerc  'I  am  checking';  from  Latin  'collationem' 
comparison  (originally  'conference)'. 

25.  Sd)Iojj«!Ctftcr 'castellan';  fyctcr=a!icnb  'cessation  of  work', 
Ut.  ?lbenb  ber  (ctner)  "fteieic  'eve  before  a  festival':  $eter  from 


124  NOTES. 

later  Latin  'feria  (formed  after  the  plural  noun  'ferine*)   festival') 
cf.  French  'foire',   English  'fair';  German  ^tetien  (plural  noun)  front 
La  in  'feriae',  'holidays',  'vacation'  (of  schools). 
29.    gcfdjmtebct  ilia-ben,  see  p.  5,  28. 

31.  ftdj  bunnd)  ju  ridjtett  hat  'will  have  to  comply  with  it'. 

Page  22. 

L  6.     toorS  jtncitc  (understand  Sftal  'time*)  'secondly'. 
II.     fid)  tit  nd)t  ncl)iitcii  'take  care  of  herself. 

17.  att=ftmrf)Cn  'teach',  ftretdjeu  originally  'strike',  "mark  by 
strokes',  'polish',  'paint',  'varnish'. 

18.  fid)   al§  SprndintflttrcS  auSgcfeen  'play   themselves  off 
as  masters  of  languages'. 

24.  (teforgt,  ee  ttnrb  is  understood. 

25.  nod)    eiltS  'one  thing  more'. 

29.     fommt  btc  iKctlje  nud)  on  nttdj?    Is  it  my  turn  now?' 

32.  fdjone  (£Jjaraftcriftif !   'a  nice  character  he  gives  me!' 

Page  3J. 

L  16.     (£tttfatt§ptnfe(  'fool',  'simpleton';  from  (Sinfalt  'simplicity', 

'stupidity'  and  ^fHnfel  '[pencil-]  brush'. 

16.     @d)l»Itert  t»0§  ©e»e^r!    'Shoulder-arms!' 

25.     Ocr=ratcn,    notice   de    force   of  ner   reversing  the  action 

of  the  simple  verb. 

29.  grsljersog  £coVo!l>    is   an   imaginary  person,  the  heiress 
to  the  Austrian  throne  being  then  Maria  Theresa. 

30.  Vftffig    'artfully',   'cunningly',    from   "Jififf   'whistle'  (pro- 
bably 'lecoy-whistle');  cf.  id)  roerbe  ibm  eins  pfeifen  I  shall  defy  him. 

Page  24. 

L  4.  nu'irc,  the  imperf.  subj.  is  frequently  used  in  German  for 
present  indicative,  besides,  the  idea  or  opinion  of  some  one  else  is 
thereby  expressed  which  the  speaker  is  unwilling  to  admit  and 
wishes  to  treat  as  subjective,  unreal,  and  not  as  a  fact. 

5-     ftatferilt  t>OU  Cftcrrcirf)  is  an  expression  mnrking  Kvers- 
mann's    ijjn-  ranee,  as    the    then   Archdukes  of  Austria  were,    aftei 


NOTES.  125 

a  merely  formal  election,  German  Emperors  up  to  1806,  when 
Napoleon  dissolved  the  German  empire,  and  the  then  German 
emperor  who  was  at  the  same  time  Archduke  of  Austria,  took 
the  title  of  Emperor  of  Austria.  It  was  not  till  1871  that  the 
Geiman  empire  was  i  e-establi»hed  under  Prussia's  leadership. 

8.  bt£  flum  JHiifcilbttJCrbCH  lit.  'up  to  [the  point  of]  be- 
coming mad',  here  'ma.ily';  cf.  p.  4,  16. 

11.  tote  fie  2C.    'as   merry   a  one   as  has  ever  been  played  at 
a  court'. 

Page  26. 

1.  2.  Svelte,  distinguish  between  ©jeite  and  Slufttitt;  ©ffte 
(Sjene  here  indicates  the  short  time  during  the  act  (2luf  jug)  which 
elapses  before  the  scenery  is  shifted. 

9-  $>evefdje  is  a  loan-word  from  the  French  'depSche' 
(Latin  'dis  [=  d£']  -pactare'  disencumber,  in  opposition  to 
'empecher'  embarass)  dispatch. 

IO.     Stoat  here  'finery'  cf.  p.  II,  19. 

12.  sprarfjtbcgeit  =  (StaatSbegen  =  ©atabegen  'gala-sword', 
'state-sword'  (worn  on  gala  days). 

16.  cordon  =  DrbenSbanb. 

17.  <2tnat3begen  see  note  13;  fombiuterett,  a  loan-word  from 
French  'combiner'  (Latin   'combinare'),   lit.    'put   together',    thence 
'combine',  'meditate',  'calculate'. 

19.  ^OUWertS  'covers',  a  loan-word  from  the  French  of  'cou- 
vrir'  cover,  lay  (the  French  word  is  a  contraction  of  Latin  'co- 
operire',  and  'couvert'  of  'co-opertum').  Xbalcr  =  3  RMark  (sJJetrf)S= 
marl),  about  3  shillings. 

Page  27. 

1.  3.  <StC(jel  'seal'  from  Latin  'sigillum',  a  diminutive  of  'signum' 
sign,  mark.  Hence  the  gender. 

6.  &o(bcn,  'butt  [of  a  musket]',  brciufdjlttfli'lt ;  the  prefix 
bcein  (from  bar=etn)  vaguely  expresses  an  idea  of  participating, 
or  interfering  in  something  that  is  going  on  around  us.  in  3'CWCt 
wnb  ^(antntcn  'quite  enraptured';  often  the  nom.  without  art.  and 
prepos.  is  used  as  er  tft  getter  unb  glamme;  cf.  mit  geuer  unb 
Srfjwevt,  with  fire  and  sword. 


126  NOTES. 


19.    ttiinfdjc  =  id)  roflnfrfje  !yf)nen  .  .  ;  rufieu  =  |d)lufen. 
21.     23ettelftttttt  ;  render  33ette[=  by  'beggarly',  and  see  p.  II,  19 

23.  Climber,    originally   meant   'clothes',    'linen',    'household 
goods',  then    'trumpery',    'trash';    thus  pliinbern    'plunder'   signifies 
'to  steal  from',    or    'to  strip   a  house    even    of  its    meanest  goods'; 
the  word  was  introduced   into  England  at   the   time  of  the  thirty 
years'  war;  ctltcnt  am  £et&  =  an  (about)  etncs  (one's;  Seib  fjerttttu 
|d)lenfern,  as  neuter  verb  =  'swing',  'dangle,;    the  transitive  verb 
signifies  'toss',  'sling',  and  is  derived  from  MH.G.    'slenge',  'sler.- 
ker*  =  <£d)[euber,  'sling'  (of  the  corresponding  root.) 

24.  fp  ttm3  ©rojjeS  =  etroaS  fo  @rofje§;  roa§  =  etroaS. 


Page  28. 

1.  17.  $flnbel§troftatf  'treaty  of  commerce';  Sraftdt  (=  3?er= 
trag)  from  Lat.  'tractatus',  a  treatise,  tract,  from  Latin  'tractare', 
handle. 

20.  fid)  luctbcn  an,  'delight  at';  lit.  'pasture',  from  (bie) 
SCBeibe;  fo  t0a§  =  fo  ctwaS  used  contemptuously. 

Page  29. 

1.  5.     iOoHtett  expresses  here  a  wish,  or  an  intention  previously 
mentioned. 

9.     btroufge^cn  t  (iff  Ctl,  'spend';   lit.   'let  (loose)  or  make  go 
nt  it  and  thus  lose,   spend  it';  brauf  =  bor^auf  (for  ailf  eS). 

14.     bod)  WO^I  signifies  here  'I  suppose',  'I  daresay'. 

19.     ftd)  anfdjirfeit  JU  'prepare  for',  'be  about  to'. 

25.     id)  nfoulic  fjor  'I  do  believe'. 

29.  id)  Wiirb'  Q^n  attd)  bet  $ragen,  the  sentence  may  be 
completed  by  adding  the  infinitive  to  the  first  conditional  with 
wiirbe,  thus  id)  roiirbe  Sfyn  lehren,  'I  would  give  you  a  lesson  if 
you  dared  to  ask';  &et  ^ragen,  lit.  'at  a  question'  here  =  roenn 
6r  fragte;  $ragen  is  infin.  used  substantively.  @rf  3I)lt  for  *you' 
common  address  at  the  time. 

Page  30. 

L     2,     6t§  here  signifies  'by  the  time'. 


NOTES.  127 


12.  e§  brftrft  tttir'S  (=  metn)  $erj  06,  'it  lies  heavy  on 

ivy  heart'. 

15.  onbrc  <SflitC«  nttfeteljen,    lit.    'put   on    different   strings' 
then  'try  a  different  tack'. 

16.  RtttttClc   blird)    cut  9iabcfi)ljr   fdjtrfen,  lit.   'send  the  ca- 
mels through  a  needle's   eye',    the  meaning  is  here  'to  send  these 
fools  about  their  own  business'. 

21.  fiafdi,    from  'Old  French    [a-]lacquay',    a    footboy,  which 
c  mes  from  the  Spanish  and  Arabic. 

23.    geneljm,  or  angenefjm,  'welcome'. 
28.     jtt  bieneit,  'at  your  service'. 

Page  31. 

1.  3.     $ninntcrf)ltfnr,  'valet  de  chambre'   (in    the  uniform  of  a 
hussar),  or  a  hussar  employed  as  such. 
9.     tinll  er,  gefyen  is  understood. 

16.  $te  SBitrfel  werben  faflcu,  cf.  Caesar's:  'jacta  est[o] 
alea'. 

22.  ftnb  UUChtS,  'are  not  at  one',  'do  not  agree'. 

Page  32. 

1.  13.  tttrfeit  ;  the  prince  who  is  in  love  with  the  Princess  whom 
her  mother  wishes  to  marry  to  the  future  King  of  England,  presumes 
he  is  furthering  his  own  interests  by  denouncing  England  and 
so  dissuading  the  King  from  the  match;  bei  i^tn  loivfen,  'try  to 
win  him  over  to  Austria'. 

13.  fdjfcdjt  marfjen,  'decry'. 

20.     ba  fp  Ijernm,  'somewhere  in  those  parts'. 

25.  btC,  demonstr.  pron. 

26.  «od)  hnltCU  (affctl,  idiomatic  for  'may  well  be  checked', 
•is  not  too  excessive,  to  be  sure';  fjdlten  lafjen,  lit.  'allow  itself  to 
be  held,  stopped'. 

28.  id)  tltfuwier'  tttid),  'insinuate  myself,  'ingratiate  myself 
with  him'  from  French  's'insinuer',  Latin  'in^inuare'. 

30.  (i(i(|iic,  is  French  for  'gang',  'noisy  set';  the  word  is 
like  French  'claqueur'  formed  by  way  of  onomato,  oeia,  i.  e.  for- 
ming a  name  resembling  in  sound  the  thing  it  signifies;  cf.  qualen, 
blbfen  miauen,  mecfern,  fdmattern. 


128  NOTES. 

31.  mit  f,u  -Uiuiibc  rebcn  =  tnir  nad)  bem  (nod)  nteinem) 
^IJhmbe  rcben,  'try  to  please  my  humour';  cf.  'nursed  by  mealy 
mouthed  philanthropies'  (Tennyson). 

Page  33. 

1.  5-  ^trlefonj,  'foppery';  its  origin  seems  to  be  Old  French 
'virole'  (Latin  vlna',  'virtola'),  small  bracelet  =  fleinor  Planting 
and  gcmt  =  'fop',  'fool';  thus  girlefanj  would  mean  'a  fop  ador- 
ned (perhaps  for  the  dance)  with  bracelets';  then  'foppery';  (cf. 
French  'vire-lai',  SRingellieb). 
9.  brcift,  'boldly'. 

12.  btC  for  fie,  a  common  nse  when  the  accent  should  be  put 
on  the  personal  pronom ;  cf.  roaia  rctU  benn  ber  ?  what  does  he  want  ? 

13.  Somcraluerfjdftuiffeit  —  Serhaltniffen  ber  Camera,  the 
latter  is  Latin  for  chamber,    treasury,   exchequer,   and  'cameralis' 
the  adjective  appertaining  to  it ;  here  'condition  of  the  exchequer'. 

18.  2>ef)UUer  iUarfd),  a  march  called  after  the  Prince  Leo- 
pold von  Dessau  who  was  greeted  by  this  Italian  tune  on  his 
entry  into  Turin  in  1706,  and  whose  favorite  it  afterwards  became. 

20.  .'pcibcnfomiibtc,  the  King  considers  all  acting   as  heath- 
enish and  immoral. 

21.  i'mvautettroKen ,  'confidential  parts';  cf.  further  on  bag 
gottlofe  romifdje  unb  griedjtfdje  2Befen. 

25.  ittlichafcctt,  'understand';  ba3  2Bcfen  is  an  old  infinitive 
used  substantively,  from  which  are  derived  parts  of  the  auxiliary 
verb  fein  —  tDttt  (English  'was'),  gesroefen;  it  signifies  here 
'fashion',  'manners'. 

28.  id)  ttolltc  Sic  gebeten  tjnbcit,  a  more  polite  form  for  id) 
tootttc  @tc  bitten. 

28.     fid)  ttcrftanbtgen,  'act  in  concert  with'. 

32.  (Jfyre  ctltfcflt  nttt,  'get,  earn  honour  by'...  The  original 
meaning  here  is  'lay  in',  or  'pack  up'  (like  goods)  honour  to- 
gether with  the  wedding  festival  and  thus  to  bring  it  home;  cf. 
baoontcagen,  and  more  vulgar  etnfieim[ett 

Page  34. 

I  6.     ttnnicfcn,  'doze',  'fall  asleep';    from   etn  (=  fitnetn  into 
IO  —  ana    uicfen,    nod;    the    original   meaning   may   be  explained 


MUTES.  129 

by  comparing  ein^gehen  lit.  'go  into  some  place  [and  thus  dis- 
appear,' thus  ettvmtfen  means  'nod  [and]  go  [into]  a  sleep',  cf. 
this  custom  is  abolished,  btefer  (Sebiaud)  tft  eingegamjen. 

7.  jebcriltauni?  SadjC,  'is  not  to  everybody's  taste'. 
IO.     3ri)llirf|"cijltarf,   'frivolities',  'kickshaws'. 

12.  itfcttcr,  is  here  used  as  an  interjection:  'good  ^r 
'confound  it' ! 

13.  iilicrn  =  itber  ben. 

23.  ciujjcfiibcft,    derived  from  em  =  fitnein,  and  bet 
(thread),  lit.  'thread  (a  needle)';  here  'contrived'  i.  e.  in  a  subtle, 
clever  manner. 

27.  fount'  id)  mir  bcnfcn  (from  fid)  benfen);  note  the  use 
of    the    imperfect    indicative    here    for   the   pluperfect    subjunctive 
(id)  fycitte  es  mir  benfen  fonnen)  which  is  commoner :  the  meaning 
is  the  same,    but    the  Subjunctive   form    falls   under   the    head  of 
modest  statements,  and  expresses  the  idea  in  a  milder  form. 

31.  abgefdftet,  pre-concerted';  the  lit.  meaning  is  'all  the  cards 
(fatten)  having  been  taken  (off)  by  some  one,  nothing  remains 
for  the  others,  they  are  thus  taken  in',  deceived. 

8.  ©djfiferfpiel,  'pastoral  play'. 

Page  35. 

1.  15.     frfjreibett .  . .  Dor,  'prescribe',  'allot';  n)d§  may  be  'what', 
or  'something'  =  etroa3. 

1 6.  btC  SBiererf ,  the  def.  article  bie  is  commonly  used  for 
grttulein,  or  ftvau.,  especially  with  reference  to  actresses;  it  often 
implies  contempt. 

1 8.  (outer  is  indeclinable  when  it  means  'all';  if  declinable 
it  signifies  'pure',  as  IdUtereS  ©olb  pure  gold. 

21.     Jpanbc(3rit(fftd)tcn,  'mercantile  considerations'. 

24.  nti'tffeu  ©1C  itiimltri)  unffeit,  'you  must  know',  *you  know'. 

25.  ruurt)CH  faun  bet . .  .,  notice  that  stress  is  laid  on  raurf)en, 
thus  the  inverted  construction  with  raud)en  first;    feine  $err,  'the 
gentleman',  'elegant'. 

28.  ©e^etttie  SRot,  'Privy  Counsellor'. 

29.  ©eljbr,  'a  hearing',  'audience'. 

30.  btC  instead   of  fie,  if  it   is   placed   first  in   a   principal 
sentence,  for  the  sake  of  emphasis. 


130  NOTES. 

31.  na  mot  Ijemtt  nttt  is  thus  completed:  mm  cinmal  Ijerehi 
lllit  iljnett,  'well  then  usher  them  in'. 

32.  (vintljnlamicn,    'hymeneal  songs',   'wedding  songs',  from 
Greek  'epithalamion  (=  ium)';  cf.  ©tubtutn,  pi.  ©tubten. 

Page  36. 

1.  I.  3$0Uerd6citb,  is  the  eve  before  the  wedding  and  is  cele- 
brated as  a  festival  in  Germany;  it  is  so  called  from  the  noise 
(^Joltern)  of  breaking  all  kinds  of  pottery  at  the  bride's  door,  an 
old  superstitious  custom,  intended  to  drive  all  evil  spirits  away 
from  the  bride's  house  so  that  peace  alone  may  surround  her  on 
her  wedding  day. 

5.  cor  bctten  bu  britlicn  nidjt  511  ucrftcrfcu  braudjt,  'that 
need  not  hide  itself  from  those  (yonder)  over  there',    i.  e.  'which 
may  stand  a  comparison  with  those  over  there'. 

6.  WO   ber   ^Jf offer   tt»(irt)  ft,    is   proverbial    for   'cursed';   cf. 
English    'I  wish   you   at  Jericho;    ^Bfeffer   from  Latin  'piper';   cf. 
change  of  consonants,  owing  to  High  German  sound-shifting. 

IO.  2JJ(JJeftfit  ljuften  JU  ©nobcn,  'may  it  please  your  Majesty', 
,s  a  formal  phrase;  batten  =  mogen  Ijalten,  is  present  subj.  or  it 
nay  be  imperative  and  @ie  is  understood  after  (jalten;  foflte  see 

P    34.  27- 

12.    im  SBerfe  fein,  'are  on  foot*. 

1 6.     ftdj  erbreiften,  'dare',  'be  so  bold  as',  from  btetft,  'bold' 

24.  ^ l)iff tc,  or  3iffer/  *s  l^e  French  'chiffre',  'cipher',  'zero' ; 
cf.  'decipher'.  Secret  ciphers  were  in  diplomatic  correspondences 
first  used  by  Richelieu. 

28.  ttinllt  —  ttttf,  taken  from  boiling  water,  'boiling  up', 
'bubble  up';  here  'start  up  angrily'. 

30.  Grille,  'eyeglass',  'spectacles';  it  is  derived  from  Latm  — 
Greek  'beryllus'  a  precious  stone,  M.  H.  G.  'berille',  thence 
'brille',  which  lost  e  in  the  same  way  as  ©laube  (from  'geloube', 
English  'belief'),  by  means  of  syncope. 

Page  37. 

1.  3.  ©Cltcrolftgfol  (from  Latin  ['fiscus'],  'fiscalis'  appertaining 
to  the  exchequer)  was  at  first  composed  of  officials  who  super- 
intended the  state's  domains  and  the  treasury,  afterwards  it  >igni- 
ned  for  somt  tim^  'public  prosecutor',  'attorney  general'. 


NOTES.  131 

4.  Snttbftrctffjer,  'tramp';    lit.    'one  who  goes  touching    (01 
stroking    ftvetdjcn)  the  country'. 

5.  ^offeitretfjcr,  'buffon';  from  Spoffen  reifjen  (or  madden, 
treiben),  'play  tricks'. 

6.  (StcmJJCl,  'stamp',  'initials';  from  ftampfetl,  stamp,  strike 
with  the  foot. 

IO.     ©cure  (bo§),  is  French  for  3lrt,  'kind*. 

12.  lutrflijicit  Scnrrou,  a  French  poet  and  satirist  (i6ir>  —  1660), 
husband  of  Mdlle.  d'Aubigne.  the  afterwards  celebrated  Mine,  de 
Maintenon;  his  best  known  work  is  'Roman  comique'  which  con- 
tains the  passage  spoken  of  by  the  king  as  a  satire  upon  his 
court;  bucfltg  from  SUucfel,  'hump',  thus  'hump-backed'. 

27.  &olfemd)t2i=rotbrig,  lit.  'against  (nnber)  nations  rights', 
•contrary  (nribrig)  to  international  law'. 

29.  9Jtmmcr)"att,  'glutton',   lit.  'never   satisfied]';   fait  is  re- 
lated to  English  'sad'  (originally  'heavy',  'dull'  [after  a  meal]);  cf. 
Latin  'sat'  (satis),  'enough'. 

30.  JKiirfer  is  perhaps   derived   from  recfen,    'stretch',  'rack'; 
thus   the  English  'rack'  =  engine   of  torture,   and  SltttcEer   'flayer', 
'hangman's  servant';  here  'villain*. 

Page  38. 

1.  5-  @d)arfrtrf|ter=et  ;  note  that  many  nouns  are  formed  from 
names  of  persons  by  the  termination  ei  (English  y)  as  ber  93arfer 
—  bie  SJacferet,  ber  33rauer  —  bie  SSraueret,  etc.  they  denote  a 
man's  employment,  place  of  business,  or  a  disreputable  action,  as 


6.     $ibtbll8  (ber),  'a  spill'. 

10.  ©crftetlfttft  (23ter),  'beer';  lit.  'juice  of  barley'  (Anglos. 
'grist',  'gerst'). 

Page  39. 
1.  8.     SRttter  4>0tf)nm  Sir  Charles  Hotham. 

12.  Sofonroutine.  —  Sloutine  bee  SatonS,  'drawing-room 
routine'  ;  both  these  components  are  French  :  'salon'  is  derived 
from  French  'salle',  (Latin  'salla',  residence);  and  French  'rou- 
tine' is  derived  from  French  'route'  (Latin  'rupta  [via]',  a  road, 

9* 


132  NOTES. 

way  broken  or   cut   through  a   forest;    hence  'routine'   signifies  to 
follow  a  'beaten  track",  or  the  'usual  course*. 

12.  £flHi)lj,    from  Low  German  'dand'   trifle   (cf.  High  Ger- 
man tcinbeln,  toy,  play;    Janb  a  toy);    cf.  French  'dandin*  of  the 
same  origin. 

13.  ^ofttUioit,  French  'postilion',  Italian  'postiglione',  a  post 
boy;    ^Pofl  originally  signified    a  military  station,  then  a  stage,  or 
station  on  the  road,  and  then  a  public  letter-carrier. 

16.    mcf)vjftf)rifl  =  «on  tne&reren  3>a£)ren. 

1 8.  ©aloppnbc  from  ©alopp;  the  origin  is  Germanic:  prefix 
'ga'  (Anglos,  'g&n',  from  root  'ga',  'gai',  English  'go';  German 
gefoen,  ©ang),  and  Gothic  'hlaupan',  Old  High  German  'hlauffan', 
German  'laufen';  cf.  Anglos,  'hleapan',  English  'leap1;  Dutch 
'loopen'  (like  fcfjmtwc&en,  raudjen  =  Low  German  (English — Dutch) 
'smoke*,  'rooken' ;  it  thus  would  appear  that  the  word  is  of 
Low  German  origin,  and  literally  signifies  ©efylauf,  'leaping  gait'. 
The  word  is  adopted  by  the  French,  and  again  from  there  intro- 
duced into  German,  as  is  seen  from  gnloppieren,  French  'galoper'. 

24.  ol)  wofyl  . .  ed)t  ftttb,   is  here  elliptical   for   c§  fott  mid) 
nwnbern  06  too&I  . . .  '  I  wonder  if  ... 

Page  40. 
1.  16.     roontoglidj  'if  possible*. 

18.  23oE=l)erfltlUflnitgeit ,     'boxing    enjoyments',    'prize    ring', 
biijett  from  the  English ;  note  the  plural  of  btt§  SJergnugen,  others 
are  ber  <Streit  —  pi.  ©treitigfeiten,  bet  &anl  —  Qaritweitn,  bag 
Sob  —  Sobpretfungen  etc. 

19.  2$creljrer  'patron',  'admirer'. 

25.  1)ofctn  lit.  'the  being  there  [in  existence]',  'life*. 

31.  eitt  $oj)f  an  bent  ..  frijcitcrn  Wirb,  'you  have  brains 
enough  to  frustrate  the  intrigues'  ...  lit.  'a  head  on  which  the 
intrigues  will  be  wrecked';  fdjeitent  (from  bag  ©djeit  logwood 
pi.  ©djeiter),  'go  to  pieces'. 

Page  41. 

1.  5.  etfdjtoffen,  from  er*fd)Kefjen,  'disclose',  'open';  note  the 
different  compounds  of  fdjUefjen  shut,  close:  —  nevMdjliefion,  lock: 
befcfiliefjeii,  resolve;  fid)  oiit-"rl)(iof;cn.  t'etermine:  aufi'cliliefeojt,  unlock. 


NOTES.  133 

15.  2htftnnb  neljmen,  'hesitate';  Slnftanb  (from  an=fteljen, 
stand  near  or  by);  'stand';  behaviour;  propriety;  pause,  delay 
(stand  near  some  thing  without  moving). 

23.  a&5H)"rf)licf{Citt),  is  gerund,  the  future  participle  passive, 
;a  marriage-treaty  to  be  concluded'. 

25.     oilier  fid),  'out  of  himself,  cf.  French  <hors  de  luf. 

Page  42. 
1.  2.     (jcl)farf)t  'introduced'. 

3.  baruitter  Ictben  ba^,  lit.  'I  must  suffer  thereunder  that...', 
here  'I  have   to  put  up  with  the  honour  he  does  me'. 

4.  tiriffcu  <2te   is  imperative,   'well,   know  then',    'well  you 
must  know  then'. 

6.    m it  ollcm  n>n§  brunt  mtb  bran  tya'ngt,  lit.  'with  all  that 

hangs  round  it  and  on  it',  here  'with  all  its  belongings',  'parti- 
culars'; notice  that  the  trans,  verb  l)(ingen,  'cause  to  hang'  is 
often  used  for  fjcmgeti,  'hang';  brunt  =  barutn,  bran  =  baton; 
turn  ^iCCJCll  heartily. 

12.  (jimmcl'WCtt,  'as  far  as  heaven  from  earth';  Barabiejtfdjs 
inett  is  an  extravagant  comparison  owing  to  the  Prince's  excited 
state  of  mind. 

18.  £>uobe5prin§,  a  contemptuous  diminutive  for  'petty  prince' ; 
2)uobej  =  duodecimo. 

30.  biirftc,  notice  the  subjunctive  expressing  a  supposed 
possibility  or  rather  probability. 

Page  43. 

1.  14.     anfommcn  twf,   'is  of  little  consideration',   or   'it  little 
depends  on'  . . . 

I5-  5U  ^rotofoH  gCjjdien,  'there  are  no  minutes  made  whether 
they  love'  . . .;  jU  ^kotofoll  gegeben  is  a  law  expression:  'give  evi- 
dence to  be  written  down  in  an  official  report'. 

21.     CtttljtdlC,  imperf.  subj.  depending  on  an  understood  verb 
such  as  'and  you  mean'    unb  <Ste   metnen,   baft  bteS  . .  .  entljielte. 
32.     SNtmeffcu,  from  Italian  'remissa',  French:  'remise',  Eng- 
lish 'remittance',  'cheque'. 

Page  44. 

1.  7.  SSufdjllHg  ('deception')  here  for  Gllitfiufdjuug,  'dis- 
appointment'; taufdjen  means  'deceive',  'delude';  cuttaufrfjen 


134  NOTES. 

'undeceive',    destroy    the    delusion    and    show    the    bare    loss   as 
a  fact. 

8.  Marten  @tc  ab,  'wait  till  something  takes  place',  here 
'bide  your  time',  or  'only  wait'. 

15.    ftdj   bettfifyrte    =   6cttialjrl)ettete,    from  the  root  roafjr 
'true*,  here  'proved'. 

23.     ttrirb    fttf)    ftnbcn    'will   be  arranged',    'time   will   show'; 
it  is  often  strengthened  by  [d)on. 

23.     einftWeUeit,  'for  the  present',  'meanwhile'. 

29.     ftdj  opericren  toffeit,    'means  will   be  found  to  (operate) 
manoeuvre';  operterett  from  Latin  'operari'  work,  operate. 

29.     etnen  $otfjfltn  gltr  SRedjten  is  absolute  accusative  a  pre- 
sent participle  Ijabenb  (having)  being  understood. 

Page  45. 

1.  I.     id)  Herfttdje,   notice    the    present   with    the    force    of   a 
future. 

2.  nut  in  bte  SBerfdjuiorung  sieljen,  'draw  with  [us]  into 
a  conspiracy',  'conspire  together  with'..;  from  t)erfd)n)bren,  'for- 
swear', 'renounce  by  oath'. 

6.  bicfe  fleinen  Sorpoften  gcniomtcn  absolute  ace.  with  per- 
fect part.;  see  p.  44,  29;  cf.  bie3  getfyan  ging  er  eiltg  fort,  '[having] 
done  this  he  hurriedly  parted';  bie§  angenommen  nerfteE)e  id)  iljn 
ntdjt,  'this  supposed  I  do  not  understand  him';  often  the  Latin 
ablative  absolute  corresponds  to  it,  as  fo  gefogt  ging  er  'his  dictis 
abiit',  having  said  so  he  went  away. 

14.     JUgefugt,  from  ju=fiigen  'adjoin',  here  'bring  upon',  'cause'. 
2O.     ftopf,  here  pars  pro  toto. 

26.    bis  auf§  £aar  'minutely',  'exactly';  cf.  um  ein  $aar, 
'within  a  hair's  breadth'. 

26.  btC  ©djmiufe,  'paint  for  tl  e  face',  'rouge',  from  fd)mmf»:n, 
'paint  [the  face]',  'gloss'. 

27.  ^ubcr,    'powder'    [for    the   face    or   hair],   from  French : 
'poudre'  (Latin,  'pulverem'  =  'pulv'rem'  =  'pul-rem'  =  'puldre'  = 
•poldre'  =  ;poudre'  [cf.  French  'absoudre'  =  Latin  'absolvere']); 
cf.  German  ^uloer,    of  the   same  Latin  origin,  which    is   used  foi 
'ljun-powJer',  and  for  'powder'    (as  medicine). 

87.     fldjt  . . .  um,  lit.  'goes  about',  'has  intercourse',  here  'uses' 


NOTES.  135 

29.     itt  btC  9lllflCH  ftrcilCU  'throw  into  people's  eyes'. 
31.     bcrritfcit,    'ill-reputed';    cf.    betltfen    'appointed',    'called 
upon';  gerufen  'called'. 

Page  46. 

1.  I.     ^Sajj  'pass',  from  Latin  'passare',  root  'pass[um'],  from  pan- 
dere  'open'  (viz.  a  port,  or  way),  hence  'passport'. 

2.  ftrf)  gcbcn  loffeu  'have  given  them',  'ask  for*. 

3.  jcrfdjlageit ,    lit.    'beaten    ('slain'     corresponds     to    [er;] 
]~rf)[agen)  in  pieces';  figuratively  'come  to  nothing',  -put  an  end  to' 

4.  IH'rluetfeit,  from   the   prefix   net   and   luetfen  'show',  'di- 
rect';   t)ev  expresses  'the  wrong  way',    thus  'misdirect',   and  'order 
away',  'exile';  cf.  beiuetfen  'prove'. 

10.    itfcer  btc  ©teuton  IjtufluSgcljt,  'goes  beyond  bounds'. 

17.  au§gett)ed)felt  'be  exchanged  for'. 

2O.     511  WoHcu  signifies  here  'to  presume'. 

31.     frcieu  StttClt,  'on  account  of  his  dissolute  manners'. 

Page  47. 

1.  IO.  mtautnftlmr  =  lin=an=taft=fiar  with  four  different  com- 
ponents: itn  =  un-,  not;  an  =  on;  taft  from  taften  'touch';  bar  = 
English  (bare),  'bearing';  thus  the  literal  meaning  is  'not  bearing 
to  be  touched  [upon]',  i.  e.  'inviolable';  antdften  =  'encroach 
upon*. 

15.  tlju1  id)  has  the  force  of  a  future. 

16.  Dot  SBoittte,  t)0r  often  expresses  a  real  cause,  like  Eng- 
lish 'for  joy',  with  delight. 

18.  trnultrl)    'cosy',    'homely* ;    from    trouen   'trust'    and    the 
suffix  ltd),  English  'ly'. 

23.    wnter  toicr  Shijjcu  —  'without  witnesses',  't€te-a-t6te'. 
29.     bcrctnft  'some  day'  (in  the  future). 

P->.ge  48. 
L  I.     ttJU'3  bC(jilt«C1t  Ste  'what  are  you  about'? 

3.     nidjt  cljcr  n(^  6t§,  lit.  'not  sooner  than  until',  'not  before'. 
27.     gCQCtl   'against'   i.  e.   compared  with. 
t$.     nttfcfd|ntitttt  ('unpaiiUed'),  'unvarnished'. 


136  NOTES. 

Page  49. 

1.  18.  ftcfyt  ftc  grojj  on;  i.  e.  mit  grofjen  [=  roett  geoffneten] 
Slugen  anfefyen,  here  'looks  at  her  with  wide-opened  eyes  i.  e. 
amazed'. 

20.  mid)  §u  fitfilen  =  meinen  3Bert  ju  fiifylen,  'feel  my  own 
worth',  'feel  self-respect'. 

23.     0$aiunfri)cnbicnft  'military  pedantry',  'martinetism'. 

Page  50. 

1.  2.     fid)    itHfrijficjjcit  Ctner  ©adje,   'join*,  'attach  oneself  to', 
'embrace';  but!)  here  =  'I  hope'. 

5.     fllt§  freiett  Stiirfcit,  'voluntarily',  'of  one's  own  accord'. 

7.  bcr  grofje  Jhtrfiirft  ^riebrirf)  28ttyelm  (1640—1688), 
'the  great  Elector'. 

8.  £oI)CU^oIIcru  (from   the  Suabian  castle  of  Hohenzollern 
in  South  Germany)  is  the  family  name  of  the  Prussian  Kings. 

9.  bagemefen,  from  bafein,  'exist',  'live'. 
14.     ctUfldjCU  ailff  'enter  into',  'agree  to'. 

22.  SuppCHterrtnc,  'soup-tureen,;  ©uppe  'broth',  from  the 
root  'sup'  drink  in,  sup;  cf.  German  faufen  'drink'  (of  animals); 
further  'sop'  eutiimfen;  English  'soup'  from  French  'soupe';  bte 
^Cerrine,  terreen,  tureen  (bowl),  from  French:  'terrine',  an  earthen 
(terra  =  earth)  pan,  (ine  =  inus  is  the  common  suffix  of  ad- 
jectives). 

22.     ©trtttftrumpf  'knitted  stocking',  'knitting  work'. 

25.  lliiterfudjuno  tterhoitgcn  iiBer  eaten ;  oerfiangen  'hang  be- 
fore', 'cover  over';  thus  lit.  'hang  an  inquiry  before  one',  hence 
'order  inquiries  to  be  made'. 

28.  3'lMMter:|irrcf^  'arrest,  confinement  to  one's  own  room'; 
3i'lUltet  =  timber,  then  structure  of  timber,  chamber,  apartment; 
it  is  O'.d  High  German  'zimbar',  Middle  High  German  'ximber'  = 
SBaufyolj,  English  'timber';  cf.  Jimmern  'to  build  [with  timber]*, 
and  3tmntet;mann  'carpenter'.  • —  Slrreft  from  Old  French:  'arrest', 
modern  French:  'arr6t  (Latin:  ad-restare  =  arrestare  =  arrester  = 
arreter  'stop'). 

31.  inflleirf|Ctt  =  im   gleid&en   [SEege]  =  'in  the  like  way', 
'likewise  ;  commoner  now  be3gletd)ett. 

32.  3tnorbnitltflen  trcffett,  'make  arrangements',  'give  orders'. 


NOTES.  137 

32.  flmtfjt  =  beliebt  'deigned',  from  gemifyen  (M.  H.  G. 
ruochen,  'care',  'have  regard  to'  —  Anglos,  'reccan',  English  'reck' 
[=  care],  cf.  'reckless'  careless). 

Page  51. 

1.  2.     ©pritrfje  pi.  of  ©writd),  saying,  sentence,  passage,  proverb 
from  fpredjen. 

4-  ber  £err  Dberljofprebiger  'the  chief  court-chaplain';  ^re= 
btger,  from  prebtgen,  derived  from  church  Latin  'praedicare'  (French 
'precher',  hence  English  'preach',  'preacher'),  proclaim,  glorify. 

7.  btC  $0ft  'food',  from  Latin  'gustus'  (Italian  'gusto',  French 
'gout') ;  the  verb  is  foften  Latin  'gustare',  (French  'gouter')  taste ; 
cf.    bte  $oft   pi.    bie  Soften    costs,    expense,    French :  cout,    couter 
(from  Latin  'constare'  =  costare). 

8.  bie  6tarntfon:fud)cn*Dcrn)a(tung,    'the   administration   of 
the  garrison-kitchen';  (ihlVlttftw  is  French    garnison',  derived  from 
French  'garnir',    garnish    (protect),    which  comes    from  Old  Saxon 
•warnian',    Old    High    German   'warnen'  =  'refuse',    Middle    High 
German   'warnen'  ^=  'protect',    'defend'   —   by    changing  Teutonic 
w    into  French  g    (cf.    'gacher'  =  'gascher'  =  Old  High  German 
'wascan'  wash ;   garder  =  marten  wait) ;    thus :  'garnison    est  pro- 
prement  une  troupe  qui  sert  a  garnir  une  ville*. 

ii.  gequoUctte,  from  Quetlen  'swell',  i.  e.  soaked  and  boiled 
whole. 

15.  ll)ol)I(ol)lid),  lit.  'right  laudable',  'worthy',  'worshipful',  a 
courteous  epithet,  especially  applied  to  municipal  authorities. 

17.     Ijnften  Jtt  ®HObeir  'may  it  please'. 

20.  ftnb  bad  bie  finite,  notice  the  sing,  neuter  pronoun 
with  fetn. 

2o.     UOrfyat,  lit.  'has  [before  him,  before  his  mind]'. 

Page  52. 

1.  9.  5Reu^@(^Iei(v®ret3=2o6ettftetn  is  a  satirical  allusion  to 
the  petty  German  principalities  due  to  the  national  aspirations  at 
the  time  of  Gutzkow  rather  than  at  the  time  of  the  drama;  there 
are  two  such  principalities.  Reuss-Greiz,  and  Reuss-Schleiz  (in 
eluding  Sobenftein). 


138  NOTES. 

Page  54. 
1.  3.     niof)it(irf)  'homely',  'comfortable',  from  rocJjnetl. 

17.     liife  Sic  Ob,  'take  your  place'  'relieve  you';  (lit.  'loose, 
'untie',  from  the  adj.  lofe,  'loose'). 

21.  ntiicitCll  Win  VOV,    'we  shall  do  some  work  in  advance', 
'we  shall  get  a  start  with  our  work*. 

Page  55. 

1.  a.  tttdjt  Ctnntfll  bofj,  this  is  elliptical  and  may  be  thus 
completed:  unb  nid)t  einmal  (not  even)  fo  met  greifyeit  Ijat  man, 
baf;  etnem  ein  freies  SBort  gegbnnt  ift ;  gegbnnt  'granted  willingly'. 
6.  tS  Ififjt  —  an  fid)  —  rcdjt  l)iiuvlid),  'it  looks  —  in  and 
by  itself  —  quite  homely';  laffen  has  here  force  of  'look',  'ap- 
pear', lit.  'lets,  allows  [to  be]';  an  fid)  =  an  unb  fiir  fid). 

II.  ttJte  fommft  $>U  aitf,  'what  makes  you  think  of,  'how  do 
you  come  to  think  of. 

16.     id)  ntitfjte  . .  .  UJCltn  .  .  UJoCtC,  'I  am  (should  be)  greatly 
mistaken  if  ...  did  not  mean  to   send  you' ;  the  construction  with 
the  subjunctive  (miifjte)  may  be  completed  and  explained  thus: 
(i)  toenn  ber  ^ronprinj  ifin  fdjicfen  njtH,  —  fo  irre  id) 

mid)  nid)t  [ju  glauOe^,  bafe  bem  fo  ift]; 
(a)  roenn  ber  5?ronprtnj  ibn  nid)t  fd)iden  rooHte,  —  fo 
roiirbe  (tniifjte)  id)  mid)  irren  [ju  glauben,  ba§  er  ee 
bod)  tf)ate]; 

this   latter  construction   expresses  unreality,    or  supposition  and  is 
used  therefore  with  the  subjunctive. 

ao.  c§  Ijfllteu  mtt  Ctnem  'be  on  good  terms  with  one',  'have 
to  do  with';  notice  e3  frequently  used  in  German  pleonastically, 
corresponding  to  English  'it'  in  phrases  like  'they  fought  it  out', 
thus  leaving  the  object  (governed  by  the  verb)  indefinite  and 
vague.  Notice  fjatteit  auf  'insist  upon';  fjalten  BOtx  'think  of; 
l)(,lten  mit  'side  with';  fatten  einen  fiir  'take  one  for'. 

22.  cr  legt  an  i»Clt  £ag  'he  shows',  (lit.  brings  (lays)  to  li^ht 
(day),  makes  known). 

28.  nidjt  tt>ul)r,  'don't  you  think  it  is' . . 

29.  bet  ollciCtn,  'notwithstanding  (in  spite  of)  all  this'. 

30.  bift  ^u  BOlt  StniiCll  'are  you  out  of  mind'. 


NOTES.  139 

Page  56. 

1.  I.  Jjat  man  Utdjt,  observe  that  formerly  nitttt  and  Gr  were 
frequently  used  by  people  of  rank  towards  infeiiors,  this  foim 
indicates  less  personal  contact  or  familiarity  with  the  person 
thus  addressed  than  by  saying  I)cxben  Ste  or  fjabi  ifer,  which  would 
place  a  person  on  a  more  equal  footing.  • 

7-     tttrtrfjt  fcfyrt,    'goes  about',    'face   about',    'wheels   round'. 
9.     erftrcrft  fid)  nilf  'has  already  infected'. 

12.  fid)  crltmiicn  'dare';   icf)  ertaube  mtr  reflexive  verb  with 
dative  of  refl.  pronoun. 

13.  tterftoftett  cjejjen  'offend  against'. 

22.  jo  has  here  the  force  of  'I  suppose',  'don't  you'? 

23.  bocf)  tuoljf  mtr  Dom  ^Srinjeit,  the  sentence  er  tft  bodj 
niir  implies,  'to  be  sure    it    is    only  from',    and    the  addition  to  it 
of  luohl  puts  it  milder  by  introducing   some    probability  and  thus 
changing  'to  be  sure'  into  'probably',  'I  daresay'. 

Page  57. 

1.  I.  tS  gift  if)te  $ml)ctt  'your  liberty  is  at  stake';  gilt 
from  gelten  'to  be -worth'. 

4.     it'Cilct&C'tii7,etflumi,  lit.  'a  showing  of  grief  at  [something]', 
'a  token  of  sympathy,  or  condolence*. 

8.     f(ttd)ttgc,    from    fliidjten,   which    again    from    bie    {£lud)t, 
which  is  derived  from  fltefyen  'flee'. 

II.  fid)  DCrfteCcn;  lit.  'misplace  oneself,  then  'dissemble', 
'.simulate'. 

13.  WO  benfft  $tt  Ijitl?  'what  are  you  thinking  of?  (lit. 
luoljin  benlft  35ll  whither,  'where  to,  towards  what  are  you  thinking'?). 
18.  tS  ftcfjeu  ©piefirutcn  borauf;  <Spie|rute  =  ©pifcvute 
•a  pointed  rod  or  switch  for  whipping,  a  punishment  formerly 
inflicted  on  soldiers;  ftefyen  batcutf  (lit.  'stand  on  it'  i.  e.  on  re- 
ceiving a  letter),  'its  a  case  of  a  flogging' ;  cf.  ©Biejjruten  laufen 
'to  run  the  gauntlet'. 

23.  fiefjc  fid)  ijctlcit,  conditional  clause,  =  roenn  . . .  ftdj 
^eilen  lie^e  lit.  'if  it  allowed  itself  to  be  healed',  'if  dishonour  could 
be  salved'. 


140  NOTES. 

32.     uornniiifj,    'forward',   'impertinent';   ootstoifctg   (from  bet 
JBtfc  'wit'),  lit.  'forwardly  witty'. 

Page  58. 

1.  II.  gefdjeit  (not  gefrfjeut),  'clever',  'cunning';  from  M.  H.  G. 
'geschide'  from  'schiden  =  fc&etbett  'separate',  'distinguish';  cf. 
English  'shed'  (meaning  'part',  'pour'),  'sheath'  (that  which  sepa- 
rates); cf.  €>d)teb6rtdE)ter  =  [@nt=]fdjeib3--9ttcf)ter,  arbiter,  umpire, 
from  M.  H.  G.  'schit',  gen.  'schides'  =  judgment. 

13.     Ijttltgt  bd§  ^llfnmincn,  lit.  'how  does  his  all  and  nothing 
hang  together'.     'How  does  he  reconcile  his  'all'  and  his  'nothing'  ? 

19.  ftlttfdjc  =  'coach'  is  perhaps  derived  from  the  name  of 
a  Hungarian  village  'Kotsi'  where  the  first  coach  was  built. 

20.  ben  aSattberftob  ncljntcn  'to  set  out  on  my  wanderings', 
lit.  'to  take  the  walking  stick  or  traveller's  staff. 

21.  bettclte  ttttd)  burd)  'worked  my  way  through  by  begging'. 

26.  tttiebergebett,    lit.  'give  again',   'return',   here    'represent*. 

30.  in  etttcm  Wnttfd)  'in  a  drunken  debauch'. 

31.  fpiclte  tnid)  SBcrbern  in  bic  £onbe  'made  me  fall  into 
the    hands    of  Prussian    recruiting    officers' ;    the    phrase   is   taken 
from  a  game  at  balls  or  billiards  lit.  'play  [and  throw  a  ball  into 
a  hole  or]   into   one's   hands';   cf.  ct  fnielt  ib,m  in  bte  $anbe  'he 
[secretly]  works  for  him*. 

Page  59. 
1.  3.     itbcrtfiubcrt  'outdeafens',  i.  e.  'drowns'. 

4-  £rieb  nod)  . .  9)2cnfrf)eitborftcHunfl  'impulse,  inclination 
to  represent  human  character';  Jrieb  from  iretben,  trteb,  gc* 
tvteben,  English  'drift',  'a  force  by  which  man  is  driven'. 

5.  abgerid)tet  'trained',  'mechanical'. 

6.  im  ©rwnbc,  (lit.  'at  bottom')  'after  all'. 

27.  fyrotl<?fltfc  'a  contre-dance',  'square-dance*. 

28.  j$nrMtaH5    'torch   dance',    a  Polish  dance  (polonaise)  in 
which  the  male   partners  carry  wax  candles;   it  was  customary  at 
the    wedding   of  princely    personages    and    is   still   danced   at  the 
Prussian  court. 

28-    $crntiil|>ii!n||  'wedding1,  from  peTmaf)Ien. 


NOTES. 


Page  60. 

1.  4.  Itttr  Jit  understood  is  an  imperative,  or  a  perf.  part,  used 
for  an  imperative  such  as  gemad)t,  gefptelt!  'Only  play'  cf.  nur  jM 
i^egangen!  'only  go  on',  'pray  go  on'! 

23.     prftfeuttcrt  'presents  arms',  from  French  'presenter'. 

25.  Slffembtee  is  French  assembled  for  SBerfammlung,  ©e; 
fellfc&aft. 

26.  Bci  IjeHem  Hdjtcn  Srige,    'in  broad  day-light';    in  listen 
is  explained  by   taking  Ud)ter  Sag  as   a  whole,   when  fjeCem  pre- 
cedes it  would  replace  the  article. 

27.  aitf  ber  SBarfje  'on  guard',  ('watch');  cf.  Stsroa!  'bivouac'. 

28.  Slrreftttitt,    French   for   ©efangener,   'person   arrested', 
'prisoner*. 

Page  61. 

1.  9.     OttSftoftett  'oust',  'dismiss'. 

IO.     (StrfifHuflSfompatric  'company  of  (convicts)  delinquents'. 
12.     £d(jcri)au$  'resting  place',  'inn',  'tavern'. 

12.  bcrgctt  =  [ju]  ber  (=  biejer  3e^)  <at  present'. 

13.  ©ttllftct  'juggler',  (French:  'jongleur'),  from  Latin  'iocu- 
lator',  a  jester,  ('ioculari'  jest). 

14.  ttt  SHbtClt  'in  trouble';  cf.  English  'need'   3lot. 

14.  .^ailtftutirft  lit.  'Jack  Sausage1'   it   is    first  used  in  farces 
of  the  1 6*  century;   it   is   the  name   of  the   clown  whose  figure 
resembled  a  sausage,   the  favourite  national  food  of  Germans;   cf. 
English:  'Jack  Pudding',  French:  'Jean  Potage'. 

15.  ttcrfdjrtcbcu  'written  for',   'ordered',  another  meaning  is 
'prescribe'. 

17.     mclbct  fid)  'reports  himself. 

19.  @r5l)im§U)Urftf  prefix  erj  =  'arch',  'chief. 

20.  frimiitnUter  'for  a  punishment';  it  is  Latin. 

28.  9lu§fteiter  'dowry'  which  in  Germany  is  given  by  the 
bride's  parents  and  includes  the  furniture  and  linen,  in  fact  all  that  is 
needed  to  set  up  a  new  household.  It  is  derived  from  CUl&fteuern 
[ein  3Jlfibd)en]  i.  e.  'contribution'  (tax)  [to  the  man  when  taking 
her]  out  of  [the  parents'  house]. 


142  NOTES. 

31.  ^poffcnerWcrfc  'court  fire-works',  i.  e.  arranged  by  th« 
court;  Setter  'cousin'  is  only  a  courteous  address  among  princely 
personages  ;  the  elector  referred  to  is  2Iuguft  bet  <3tarfe  who  was 
both  Elector  of  Saxony  and  King  of  Poland;  his  court  was  no- 
torious on  account  of  its  splendour  and  luxury  as  well  as  for  its 
licentiousness  and  frivolity;  ^allcttcr  for  SSattette,  the  plural  of 
some  neuters  expressing  contempt  ;  cf.  Singer, 


Page  62. 

1.  4.     fcerbrodjett  from  bao  33erbredjen  'crime',  here  'committed', 
'done'. 

16.  3ttJetbe»tttgfciten  i.  e.  Singe  or  SOorte,  bie  jroet  £>eu= 
tungen  julaffen,  'ambiguities'. 

20.  gorfttg,  originally  'rotten',  'filthy',  'detestable',  'deformed' 
(it  is  also  common  now  for  'naughty'). 

25.  gerfcnljoftc  33ufrf)manucr  'foppish  bushmen';  from  ber 
®ecf  'fop',  and  fycift  =  fcabenb,  from  Ijaben. 

26.  gcftrtcgelte  Drbttuug    'punctilious   order',    cf.   peinlid)e 
Drbnimg  'painful  (penal),  pedantic  order'  ;  geftriegelt  from  ftrtegefn 
which   is   either   derived    from  ftretdjett,    ftreidjeln    'to  stroke',    or 
from  Latin    'strigilis'   a   curry-comb,    ber  (Striegel   (used  of  horses 
now),    which   seems    more    probable;    thus    ftriegeln    signifies    'to 
curry',  'stroke',  'polish'. 

Page  63. 

1.   I.     nail  SBetiebeit  'at  your  own  wish,  pleasure';  cf.  roa§  be-- 
lieben  @ie?  or  tuaS  beliebt  3^nen?  what  is  your  pleasure? 

2.  frijnUcu  Ultb  >uo(tcn;  notice  the  alliteration  in  the  two 
kindred  words  signifying  almost  the  same;  fd)alten  rather  expresses 
•rule',  'dispose  freely',  and  njdlten  (cf.  oer^roalten  'administer'), 
•manage  a  household',  thus  bie  tualtenbe  £ausfrcw  (Schiller). 

13.  ^Ctbllffcit,  originally  Hungarian  fugitives  who  carried 
on  a  guerilla  warfare  against  the  Turks,  and  were  consequently 
in  1605  knighted,  and  settled  down  in  a  Hungarian  district  given 
them  and  called  after  them.  In  the  l8lh  century  laqueys  used  to 
be  dressed  in  their  national  costume  and  called 


Page  64. 
1.  4-     bctt  SBotrflttg  'precedence';  i.  e.  5Rang  nor  [anbercn]. 


NOTES.  145 

7.  c§  ttfrb  ofleS  gut  tterben  'it  will  all  turn  out  wtll'. 
15.     brill' Ctt  'yonder',  'on  that  side*. 

17.  ttJdS  foil  bcnn  WCrben?  lit.  'what  is  then  to  become', 
what  is  going  to  happen  I  wonder*. 

22.  ^ortefeuifle  is  the  French  for  93riefmappe,   93riefta[d)e, 
•portfolio'. 

23.  ntttgebradjt  =  tnit  [ftdj]  gebracfit  [fiat]. 

27.  geboren  in;  distinguish  geljoren  eincm  'belong  to  one' 
(as  property),  as  bag  gefiort  nttr  'that  is  my  property';  gefioren  ju 
'belong  to  something  and  be  a  necessary  part  of  it',  as  ber 
gefibtt  jum  Korper  'the  head  belongs  (as  inseparable  part) 
to  the  body';  gefjoren  in  etroa3  means  'belong  [according  to  one's 
own  ideas  and  wishes]  to  some  class  or  species  without  this  being 
the  case';  thus  er  gefiort  in  bic  gute  ©efeCfd)aft  means  'he  should 
belong  to  good  society  [but  this  is  not  so]',  and  er  gefidrt  JUt 
gilten  ©efeQfcfiaft  =  'he  belongs  to  good  society'. 

30.  bcbeuten  win  =  bebeutet;   rooQen  is  often  used  pleo- 
nastically   by   personifying   something  and  thus  renders  the  whole 
expression  livelier  or  more  solemn. 

Page  65. 

1.  7.     63   hattbclt   fid)   ttm   'the   matter   concerns';   cf.  fianbeln 
'act',  and  ^anbeln  'trade',  'bargain'. 

8.  SittCtt  Uttb  Ocbraudje  'manners  and  customs'. 

9.  S3crit^rung§pnnfte  'points  of  contact'. 

ii.  sn  einem  innigern  9tnfdjhi^  'for  a  closer  union';  inntg 
(from  innere  'inner',  internal)  'hearty'. 

17.  beiberfettig  (=  beiberfeits)  ...  ber  [betben]  Snnaftieen, 
and  further  ben  SOBunfd)  . . .  verbinben  ju  roollen  (instead  of  vvci 
bunben  Jll  fe^en  'see  united')  are  two  pleonastic  negligences  of 
style'. 

VJ.  bod)  is  here  expression  of  irritation:  'I  wish  you  would 
not  disturb'  . . . 

31.  bte  SBebingnngen   werben   jo   erft  entroorfcn  'the  con- 
ditions are  only  iu   the  rough',   ja    contains  an   assurance  of  wnat 
he  says  and  some  personal  intimation   to  her   not    to   feel  uneasy 
ibout  it. 


144  NOTES. 


Page  66. 

1.  3.  ^rauenjimmer  =  5rauen:3'miner  (=  $rauen=©emarf>1 
ladies'  room',  then  at  first  collectively  'all  females  inhabiting  it' 
tlike  'court',  meaning  'all  the  people  at  court'),  and  afterwards  it 
was  applied  to  the  single  female.  £yrnu  is  O.  H.  G.  'frouwa' 
i.  e.  wife  of  the  lord,  [fro];  the  word  'fro'  is  now  only  to  be 
found  in  3frt)ljn:bienft  'service  due  to  the  master',  'body-service',  (when 
g-roljn  is  the  genitive  of  fr6),  and  in  $-rt>f)n4eid)nam  =  ^  £errn 
(,S()rifti)  Seidjnam. 

9.  begterig  feilt  auf,  it  signifies  (i)  be  greedy;  (2)  be 
eager  for;  (3)  it  is  used  for  neugiertg  ailf,  be  curious  about;  it  is 
derived  from  gier=en  'be  greedy'. 

14.  fWSrtdjtCtt,  lit.  'set  right',  'defray'. 

15.  id)  toil!  ttidjt  fyoffcit,  see  p.  64,  30. 

'20.  9J2ttfltft  (fern.)  'dowry',  from  init=geben,  'to  give  [away] 
wi  h  [her]';  cf.  9lu§fteuer  'dowry'  on  p.  61,  28.  Note  the  gender 
which  differs  from  that  of  ©ift  (neuter)  poison. 

27.  (Jriirtcrnnfl  'diacussion',  from  erortern:  prefix  er  (=  au§) 
and  ortern  (M.  H.  G.  =  'examine  closely')  from  [ber]  Dri 
meaning  originally  'beginning',  'corner',  'end',  thus  'view  from 
all  sides',  'discuss'. 

29.  auC'feliCit,  lit.  'set  out',  'set  apart',  then  'find  fault 
with'. 

Page  67. 

1.  3.  To  the  Duchy  of  Jiilich  and  Berg  succeeded  1511  his 
daughter  married  to  the  Duke  of  Cleve.  As  there  was  no  heir 
when  the  last  Duke  of  Jiilich-Berg-Cleve  died  in  1609,  a  dispute 
arose  about  the  succession  between  Saxony,  Brandenburg,  and 
Pfalz-Neuburg.  The  latter  received  Jiilich  and  Berg  in  1666,  and 
Brandenburg  succeeded  to  Cleve  and  some  counties,  and  it  was 
agreed  that,  if  then;  should  once  be  no  issue  by  one  line  these 
countries  should  be  united  and  fall  to  the  heir  of  the  other  line. 
These  duchies  were  finally  given  up  to  Prussia  in  1814. 

9-  ttoS  foff  benn?  is  elliptical,  a  verb  such  as  tljun,  being 
understood :  'what  has  Parliament  to  do  with  it'  ? 


NOTES.  145 

12.  mitfpredjcn    'have    a    voice',    lit   'speak   [along]   with 

[others]'. 

13.  fo  redjt  'just'. 

17.  <3d)tt)Cbtfd)=^0mmerit,  the  Swedes  had  been,  since  1648, 
in   possession    of  part   of  Pomerania.     The   greater   portion   of  it 
was  taken  by  the  Great  Elector  from  the  then  allies  of  Louis  XFV 
who  had  invaded  his  electorate,  but  it  had  to  be  restored  to  them 
in   16.     By  the  treaty  of  Stockholm  (1720)  Brandenburg  obtained 
the  greater  part  of  Swedish-Pomerania,  and  the  remainder  in  1815. 

18.  tiitcvpcllicrcii  'interrupt',    'put  questions  to   the  Speaker 
in  Parliament' ;  cf.  English  'interpellation1,  Latin  'interpellationem', 
from    'inter',    and    'pulsare  =  pellare',   pellatus   (driven  between, 
interrupted). 

25.    2Btberfpriid)e ,    from   2Biberfnrud),    verb    roiberfpredjeii 
(tntber  against,  'contra'),  'to  contradict'. 

25.  (fiiinJeitbunjjen   (=  (Stnrocinben)  from    ein*w*nben   'ob- 
ject',   lit.    'put    in    [by   way    of    objection]',     cf.   English   'wend 
[one's  way]'. 

26.  £u)tfd)ettreben  (=  2)reinreben)  'interruptions',  lit.  'inter- 
locution'. 

26.     in  Serlcfleitljett  fe^Clt  'to  embarrass*. 
26.     £>rum  ljatr§  'that  is  why'. 

JO.     id)  ftef)C  ttllf  ffofjktl  'to  sit  upon  thorns  [coals]'. 
31.    Skttcife  uuit  (Jutgegcitfommcu  'tokens  of  obliging  dis- 
position', lit.  'examples  of  coming  towards  [to  meet]  one. 

Page  68. 

1.  I.  nod)  nSljer  3tt  erb'rternbe  'to  be  presently  discussed  more 
particularly' ;  it  is  a  Gerundive  or  future  participle  of  the  Passive 
voice,  ending  in  Latin  in:  [a]ndus,  a,  um. 

3.     fid)  anstlfdjltefjeu,  the  infinitive  depends  on  5Reigung. 

8.  £0§gefd)0ffen,  'fire  away!',  'go  on!'  perf.  part,  used  here 
for  the  imperative;  lit.  'shoot  off*,  'loosen  by  shooting'. 

19.  UUCber  eintreteu  'be  re-established';  lit.  're-enter',  !onnte 
is  understood. 

20.  fid)    etttfdjltcfjen    here    'make    up    one's   mind';    cf.    Be= 
fc&liefeen    'resolve',   which  would  here    rather  signify    that  one  ha» 
made  up  one's  mind  a.nd   'is  determined'  to  d  j  something,    whilst 

10 


146  NOTES. 

Hotham   is   urging    the   king    'to  make    up   hit    mind  and  then  to 
resolve'. 

22.  3(uff)clnutg  cintrcteu  (ajfen  'abolish';  2lufE>e6ung  from 
auf-§eBen  'lift  (^heave)  and  'store  away1 ;  emtreten  occurring  thus 
a  second  time  in  the  same  sentence  sounds  rather  awkward, 

28.  bic  ©t^ltltg  tft  dufgcfyoben  'the  sitting  is  suspended*. 

29.  tta§  tft  [to§]?  'what  is  the  matter?' 

31.     {jdjobcit  from  fieben  here  'to  raise',  'to  improve'. 

Page  69. 

1.  1.  JRenjJtOttSfludjtliltgen,  'these  French  Protestant  refugees 
were  hospitably  received  into  Prussia  by  the  Great  Elector,  after 
their  expulsion  from  France  in  consequence  of  the  revocation  of 
the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685,  and  liberally  treated  by  Frederick 
William,  who  also  allowed  many  thousands  of  expelled  Salzburg 
Protestants  to  settle  in  his  states.  An  episode  of  this  expulsion 
is  illustrated  by  Goethe's  §etmann  unb  S?orot^ea. 

2.  aerfrfjnuegert  (or  neridjroagert)  from  fd)roagern  'ally 
by  marriage';  it  is  only  used  in  the  perf.  part.  nerfcfcrDtigert,  (net* 
fdjnriegert),  gefdjnmgert  'related  by  marriage';  cf.  ber  <Sd)roager 
brother-in-law,  and  ber  Sdjnriegerfofyn  son-in-law. 

30.  ift  Dergcben  Hud)  2Btett;  lit.  'is  given  away  to  Vienna'; 
here   'is   destined    for   the  Viennese  Court';    nergefcett   also   means 
'forgive'. 

31.  JReftfoettS,     not    only     signifies    English    'residence',    but 
generally  the    town  (capital)  where    the  Court  of  a    reignirg  per- 
sonage  is   usually  established;    thus  we  speak    of  bte  3kjtbettj  or 
ftefibenjftabt,  and  of  ba§  9lefibenjjd)loB. 

31.  @}>rojj,  lit.  'sprout',  from  fprtefjen,  (fprofj,  gefproffen), 
•-prout;  then  'scion'. 

Page  70. 
1.  12.     fammcft  fid)  'collects  himself,  'composes  himself. 

18.  ttnfl  man  etc.  =  roenn  man  mid)  aufS  aufjerfte  Bringen 
luitt,  'if  they  (you)  mean  to  [lit.  'bring  me  to  tfc$  outermost,  utter* 
most]  drive  me  to  extremities'. 


NOTES.  U7 


Page  71. 

1.  I.  fidj  OttfrnffCH  (lit.  'rap  [snatch]  oneself  up'),  'pick  onesHI 
np';  Low  German  fid)  cmf^ranen,  cf.  the  same  root  in  English 
'rap  and  rend'  (=  seize  and  plunder). 

4.     nt§  bte,  bte  a  negligence  of  style;    a  second  btc  should 
have  been  avoided  by  saying  bie,  ttJeldfje. 
21.     fflfj*  C§  'comprehend  it'. 
29.     git  fltir  felbft  fomnten  'regain  my  self-possession*. 


Page  72. 

1.  8.     fttflit  fiffj'S  tttdjt  'one  does  not  die';  notice  the  reflexive 
form  with  e£  for  num  ftitbt  mdjt. 

II.  Sttllftrcten  'appearance',  here  the  infinitive  is  used  sub- 
stantively. 

19.  Wiirc,  the  subj.  is  here  not  merely  used  for  ift,  but  con- 
tains the  wish  of  the  Princess  that  it  were  not  though  expressed 
interrogatively. 

Page  73. 
1.  IO.     WitC'lirudj  lit.  'outbreak',  render  it  by  'impulse*. 

II.  fd)a(ff)oft  'roguishly',  'waggishly',  'jestingly';  from  bet 
©djalf  'knave',  'rogue';  boBct  lit.  =  'with  it",  'at  the  same  time*. 


Page  74. 

1.  13.  eicjcnljiinbifl  i.  e.  n&jitgeben  mit  eigenen  ^ifinben,  and 
not  through  a  messenger;  eigenfycinbig  refers  to  the  Prince  of 
Baireuth,  and  not  to  the  Crown-Prince,  into  whose  hands  a  letter 
might  as  well  be  delivered  by  a  messenger,  but  the  king's  aim 
is  to  send  the  Prince  away  and  order  him  to  deliver  the  letter 
himself  (with  his  own  hands)  to  the  Crown-Prince.  Otherwise 
the  point  would  be  lost  as  any  messenger  might  just  as  well 
deliver  it  into  the  Crown-Prince's  own  hands. 

18.    toon  toegen  (=  roegen)  is  now  old  fashioned. 

20.  .ftnuS  ttttb  .ftof,  notice  the  alliteration. 

21.  er  Ijnt  nllco  befonnt  ouf  Sic,  elliptical  for  er  fjnt  ailed 

10* 


148  NOTES. 

befannt  unb   auf  <Ste   geroorfen  (gelaben),  i.  e.   'confessed  it  all 
again>t  you',  or  'confessed  you  to  be  his  chief  accomplice'. 

24.     ucrrntcu    unb    Berfouft    is    an    idiomatic    expression   of 
alliterative  words  for  'vilely  betrayed*. 


Page  75. 

1.  5.  £ourf)C  'shower-bath',  (pronounce  it  £)ufd)e),  from  Italian 
'doccia'  a  conduit,  water-pipe,  derived  from  Latin  'ductus'  (from 
'ducere'  lead),  a  duct;  cf.  'aqueduct'  (=  aquae  ductum),  a  con- 
duit-[pipe]. 

1  6.     .<corf)U)nlb,    i.  e.  'without  underwood';  uxilltfcr  Sanb  = 
2BaHi3,  Wales.     The  Prince  cannot  have  enjoyed  any  good  sport! 
22.    SBertrauen  Ijnlicu  ju  eine§  f$fr.  =  SSertrauen  fe^en  in 
eineS  §reunbfcb,aft  etc.,  or  auf  einen,  'have  confidence  in'. 

vj.    uw§  tm  2£cge,  idiomatically  for  in  iinferem  2Bege;  cf. 
mir  ben  (=  meinen)  2lrm  gebroc^en  =  I  broke  my  arm. 


Page  76. 

1.  3-  Sfofiolb  'goblin',  'Robin-good  fellow'  is  perhaps  related 
to  or  derived  from  Low  Latin  (and  Greek)  'cobalus'  =•  mountain- 
sprite,  demon,  of  which  'goblin'  is  the  diminutive:  'gob[e]lin[us]'. 

Page  78. 

1.  13.  Hitter  ben  Stnbcit,  is  the  name  of  the  chief  street  of 
Berlin,  with  the  Royal  Palace;  ©tecljbaljn  tilt-yard;  is  a  village 
near  Berlin. 

14.  fffimiirt)ttg   'slim';    related    to   fdjtnacljten   'to   yearn',   'to 
wear   away',    and   to  (Sdjmad)  'infame',   ©cfjmafyung  'abuse';   it   is 
thus    only    used  with    an   expression   of  contempt,    or  feebleness, 
whilst  this  does  not  apply  to  fcf)lan?  'slender',  'slim'. 

15.  iibcrgebcugt  =  corn  iibergebeugt,  lit.  'bent  over  [in  the] 
fore-  [part],   i.  e.  'stooping'. 

15.  tun,    'by';   notice  this  meaning   of  Uttt   when   expressing 
measure. 

16.  beim  ©predjen  feb,lt  tljm  is  elliptical  for  beim  ©predjea 
(when  he  speaks)  [fteljt  man,  es]  feblt  ib/m. 


NOTES.  149 


Page  79. 

1.  I.     @d)foftbefcl)l   i.  e.  'an  order  [regarding   the  inmates]    of 
the  [Royal]  Castle'. 

3.  nod)t3  =  be§  9Jad^tg;  though  SRadjt  is  feminine  it  forms 
the  adverbs  in  5  (termination  of  the  strong  declension)  with, 
or  without  be3  like  masculine  nouns;  the  same  termination  (g) 
is  also  added  (for  the  sake  of  euphony)  in  feminine  compound 
nouns  to  the  first  components,  such  as  bet  ©ebutt^=tag  (from  bie 
OJeburt)  'birthday',  £iebe£>:paar  (from  bie  Stebe)  'loving  pair,  couple'; 
especially  when  the  first  component  is  a  compound  word  by  itself, 
as  3"fhtd)t350rt  (from  bie  3uflud)t)  <piace  of  refuge*. 

16.    mid)   cntttJttffc  ttttt  ganger  Sraft,  lit.  'unfold  [myself 

with]  all  my  strength',  'try  my  strength'. 

Page  80. 

1.  2.    boljtnter   etn  @cfjeimm§  fterfcn,   'should  a  secret  be 
shielded  by  it',  'be  hidden  away  from  us  by  it*. 

5.    mdletdjt  baft  —  faun  =  meHetdjt  fann  mtr —  geben. 
5.     beftcrnt  'studded  with  stars,  orders  [on  his  breast]'. 

13.  ftcrft  mit  'is  an  accomplice'. 

19.    cutgegengearbeitet  =  gearbettet  gegen. 

28.  Sage  won  bcr  SSetftcn  $rau  'legend  of  the  white  lady'; 
this  mysterious  apparition  (perhaps  as  old  as  German  mythology) 
is  connected  with  several  German  courts  and  is  said  to  appear  if 
the  death  of  a  member  of  the  Royal  family  is  imminent. 

30.  toerfdjtMftcrt  (from  bie  ©e=fdjnrifter)  'kindred',  'related', 
'connected'. 

Page  8 1. 
1.  10.    in  Umlaiif  btingen  (cf.  aufs  £apet  bringen)  'circulate'. 

14.  fcitt  here  'cunning',  'subtle'. 

21.  S3(oftett   (from  blojj  'bare')  gcbctt   'lay   open   to   assault', 
•expose' ;  lit.  'give  the  bare'  [i.  e.  unprotected]  side. 

22.  (Sdjonuttfl  —  bie  ..  angebeifyen  laffen,  'consideration 
with    which  ....   treats  ..';    ©djonung    from    frfjonen   (i.  e.  treat 
nicely  —  fdjbn);  angebeib/en  laffen  from  ansgebei^en  i.  e,  let  • 
thing  prosper  regarding  (an)  one'. 


150  NOTES. 


Page  82. 

1.  12.     Srfjouitltg  bC-3  is   here  'the  considerate  treatment  of  the 
adventurer'  (i.  e.  from  the  hands  of  the  king). 
13.     ober  ttJDbl  gar  'or  even'. 
1 8.    pr  ^iiitigin,  einfiihrett  is  understood. 

24.  id)  liefee  mid)  befteitS  cmpfcljfcit    'I   send  my  best  com- 
pliments to  him';  ^tetsfourant  'price-list',  'tariff;  courant  is  French 
'current'  from  'courir'. 

25.  baumwoflifdj  gefinnt;  baumrootlifdj  from  bte  JBaumroolIe 
'cotton'    taken  here  as  an  English  speciality,    geftnnt  =  'minded', 
thus  here :  'we  are  not  here  in  favour  with  cotton' ;  cf.  freigefmnt 
'free  minded',    'liberal',    ortfjoboj  geftnnt,   beutfrf)   geftnnt  etc.     Cf. 
Napoleon's  gibe  against  'la  nation  boutiquiere'. 

29.  Suft  (=  freieS  5e^)  '[breath]  air',  i.  e.  'room'. 

30.  ben   (Sltglfinbern    itndj.ytljafpelu   etc.    'retrieve    the   stait 
that  the  English  have  in  reeling  and  weaving'. 

Page  83. 

1.  12.  joljrljunbertjfiljrig  from  ^aljtfjunbert  'century',  thus  'pre- 
parations of  centuries';  cf.  ber  bret^igja^rige  $rieg  'the  thirty- 
years  war'. 

13.    fo  ntcbrig  ftcttcn  'fix  the  prices  so  low'. 

22.  ftd)    a«8    bcm    Staube    mncfjcit    'be    off;    lit.    'make 
or  cause  oneself  to   be  out   of  the  dust',    <Stau6  being  thus  asso- 
ciated with  'embarrassments',   'difficulties'  which    one   tries   to  get 
rid  of;    <Staub    is    derived    from    ftteben    'fly    as   dust',   for  which 
ftauben  (from  ©taub)  is  now  commoner. 

23.  uor=Iteb  (=  fiiHtcb)  neljmcit,    lit.  'take  for  good'  (flit 
gut  =  fiir  Iieb[e§]\  'put  up  with';  cf.  nefymen  @te  es  nid^t  fiir 
ungut  'do  not  take  it  amiss'. 

29.  baruuf  i]d)Clt  (Sic  ni^t  Ctn  'do  not  enter  into  discussion 
about  this'. 

30.  ge=tt)of)itt  corresponds   to  the  same  root  in  'wont';   it  is 
related  to  roobnen  live,  to  ©eroohuljett,  custom,   and  to  gerooljnen 
to  accustom. 

32.    tterftoitben  i.  e.  [baben  @ie]  nerftanben? 


NOTES.  161 


Page  84. 

1.  J.  Ijfitte,  observe  that  the  auxiliary  verb  is  rot  placed 
after  the  infinitive  at  the  end  of  a  subordinate  clause,  if  two  in- 
finitives happen  to  come  together;  cf.  ber  2Jtann  roelcfyer  biesi 
batte  iljun  fonnen  'the  man  who  could  have  done  this';  notice 
also  the  pluperf.  of  the  auxiliary  fonnen  (fyatte  —  fonnen  [ge= 
fount])  with  a  present  infinitive  (ttjun),  as  against  the  imperf.  of 
the  English  auxiliary  and  a  perf.  infm. 

14.    e§  fid)  jur  Gtyre  anrcdjucn   'would  consider  it  a  great 
honour';  lit.  'write  honour  to  his  account'. 

1 6.     con    linteit    ouf    lit.    'from   below   up[ward]',    from   the 
ranks  upward'. 

20.  turn  feincut  ©djlagc  'of  his  stamp';  cf.  er  fdjlagt  ganj 
nudj  feiner  SWutter  'he  takes  quite  to  his  mother';  cr  fd)lagt  au3 
ber    3ttt    'he    degenerates',     when    fdjlagen  is   used    for    'go   in    a 
certain  direction';  cf.  further  e3  fdjlagt  ntcf)t  an  'it  does  not  go  in 
the  right  direction',  'it  has  not  the  desired  effect' ;  these  examples 
illustrative   of  the    original   meaning    of   frf)lagen   and  @tf)lag  will 
suffice  to  explain  the  above  idiom,  when  €>d)lag  signifies  'direction', 
hence  'stamp',  'kind'. 

21.  »a%  —  anbelflltflt  'concerning'. 

21.  Iflffe   fruflen   'I   beg   to  ask';   laffen  is   often  used  with 
the  infinitive  in  the  meaning  of,  lit.  'I  cause  some  one  19  inquire' 
instead  of  the  direct  'I  ask',  or  'I  inquire'. 

22.  ftdj    equtptercn,     'equip    oneself;    it    is    derived    from 
Gothic  'skip'  (—  German  ©d)iff)  by  changing  'sk'  in  French  into 
'esq',  and  again  into  '6q'  (cf.  'e-sperer'  [Latin:  'sperare'],  'e-spece' 
[Latin:  'species'],  'espace'  [Latin:   'spatium]);    it  signifies  'fit  out 
a  ship'. 

25.  ongetyan  (from  antbun  =  anlletben)  'dressed';  notice 
the  alliteration  in  fcaar  unb  £»et}. 

26.  SJhittrrpfeituig,   lit.   'mother's   penny',    i.   e.   'money   in- 
herited from  the  mother' :  pfennig  is  commonly  used  in  a  general 
sense    for   'money',   'farthing';    in   value    it   is   now   about   half  a 
farthing. 

31.    <5geraittnnt  (is  Latin)  for  '$eerilbung'  drill. 


152  NOTES. 

Page  85. 

1.  3.     geljt  tttd)t  wont  do;  oHc8  =  Qtte  2eute  is  very  frequent 
5.    bet   ben  ©lafcitappfdjen   Jyitfilicrcu    ciittrctcu   'he  may 
join  Glasenapp's  Fusiliers'. 

10.  ^>orcit  Sic  lit.  'hear',  'listen',  means  here  'what  do  you 
think'. 

13.  OUSfdjIogcn  'decline';  see  p.  84,  2O. 

14.  crbittcn  =  ausbitten. 

1 8.  JHu&§  (with  pi.  in  g)  from  the  English;  it  is  related  to 
German  ^lumpen  and  signifies  'etn  Jthtmpen  (£cwfen)  oon  Seuten', 
a    (clump  ==)  large  number    of   people;  cf.   cine    Saumgruppe    'a 
clump  of  trees'. 

19.  go)  rt)  tuff  cue  ©efellfdjuft  'private  society';  i.  e.  etne  [fur; 
iJfrembe]  gefdjloffene  ©efeQfdjaft   'a  society  closed  to  strangers'. 

30.     mtgcbuubcn  'unceremonious',  from  un=  and  binben. 

Page  86. 

1.  I.    e$  fle^t  formfid^,  'and  this  is  done  almost  as  if  by  ballot'; 
baS  So§  =  lot. 

.3.  ©tidjblfltt  'laughing-stock';  ©iid^^latt  taken  from  the 
game  at  cards  when  ©tidj&Iatt  means  'trump  the  card';  ftidj 
is  derived  from  ftecfjen;  bet  ©tid)  =  trick  (at  cards);  cf.  ftic^eln 
'gibe'.  33latt  =  English  'blade*,  which  in  Anglosaxon  ('blaced') 
signified,  a  leaf,  like  German  93Iatt. 

4.  etngefufyrt  getttefen  JU  fctn;  the  passive  perf.  infinitive 
is  thus  formed  sometimes  with  geroefen  fein  (instead  of  gcroorbcn 
fein) ;  the  difference  would  be  that  the  form  with  geroef en  indicates 
a  completion  of  the  action  as  if  it  had  occurred  long  ago  and 
that  now  it  only  lives  in  memory;  with  geroorbert  the  action  as 
having  just  been  completed  is  accented. 

8.  Jabciflte  is  French  for  'smoking  house',  or  'company  of 
smokers'  =  SftaucJjgefellfdjaft. 

IO.  Jabafofolicgtum,  'an  association  [brought  together  by] 
tobacco';  Collegium  (Latin)  is  commonly  used  for  'a  set  of 
colleagues,  or  friends,  or  of  a  board'.  SSartnaS  capital  of  3<*mora 
in  Venezuela,  renowned  for  its  growth  of  tobacco  which  was  first 
imported  by  the  Dutch. 

19.     ftnaftcr    or    Jtanoftet    (a     fine    tobacco)    from    Spaniak 


NOTES.  163 

'canasta'  the  basket  in  which  it  was  packed.  $)te  SWtttf  33mttbeit= 
burg  is  the  step-stone  of  the  Prussian  monarchy;  SJJarf  is  the  an- 
cient name  of  'frontier  or  border  province'  of  the  German  empire, 
under  the  rule  of  a  margrave  (3Karfgraf). 

2O.  battfcit  not  only  means  to  'express  thanks'  but  often  also 
ironically  'decline  with  thanks' ;  English  'thank  you'  (in  response 
to  an  offer  of  something  to  eat  or  drink)  is  battle  (or  bttte)  ja;  'no, 
thank  you'  is  merely  expressed  by  (id))  banfe. 

22.     I)tminter=fpitteit,  'wash  down  [the  throat]'. 

25.  ^ftffc  Uttb  Sniff e;  $ftff  from  pfeifen  to  [decoy-]  whistle, 
hence  'cunning';  $ntff  'trick',  from  fnetfen  pinch,  nip  (Ineipen), 
means  the  same,  with  the  difference  that  $niff  (perhaps  from  mar- 
king there  by  a  card  for  the  purpose  of  cheating)  is  meaner,  ac- 
cording to  the  origin  of  the  word. 

27.  flbflCtJCH  'make',  'represent'. 

30.  ba  flCb,tr3  fltyarf  her!  'there  is  rough  handling'. 

31.  geprellt,    'deceived',    'cheated';    from   prellen   originally 
identical  with  prallen  'press',  'knock'. 

Page  87. 
1.  3.     nut  ftttbett  is    the    present  used  with   force  of  a  future. 

7.  fur  mein  ficben  flcrn  'I  should  like  very  much';  fur  mew 
Seben  expresses  a  superlative;  cf.  er  ift  lebenSlufttg  most  cheerful. 

9.  oljttC  otic  9lcctfe  'excise',  •  is  the  Old  French  'assise1 
(Low  Latin  'assisa'  from  assidere,  assessus),  a  tax,  impost;  the 
English  'excise'  is  a  corruption  of  'assise'.  ?Hfe  is  here  'any'. 

12.     fatten  UU§  an    'strick  to',    reflexive  verb    fid)  fjolten  an. 

17.  ttir  frfjirfen  un§  in,  inf.  fid)  fd)icfen  in  'accomodate 
oneself  to';  the  root  fd)itfeu  is  further  found  in  ba§  ®efd)idf, 
Sd)idffal  'fate';  gefdjefjeu  'happen'. 

23.    nod)  btcfc  9Jad)t  this  very  night. 

28.  bieten    @te   anf;    aufbieten    'try',   'make  every  (atteS) 
effort';    lit.  'bid  (call)    up',  'call  to  service';   hence   bttS    9lufgeboi 
,call  to  arms',  'levy',  and  also  'publication  of  banns'. 

Page  88. 

1.  2.     fo!  is  frequently  used  for  'finished',  'done',  'there* 
2.     auf  bic  31  rt,  bte  is  here  a  demonstr.  pronoun. 


164  NOTES. 

8.  id)  fltdjc  3tc,  notice  the  present  in  German  instead  oi 
imperfect  which  is  more  correct  as  he  no  longer  looks  for  him 
having  found  him. 

10.     ftdj  faffcit  'compose  oneself. 

17.  ba§  @elag[e],  'banquet',  'drinking-bout',  from  legen ;  it 
signifies  a  kind  of  'picnic'  where  all  present  used  to  bring  a  con- 
tribution (etroaS  baju  legen)  to  the  feast. 

28.  jo  infonfequent  . .  311  betuiitigew,  notice  that  fo  is 
followed  by  ju,  English  'so  . .  as  to' ;  cf.  feien  ©ie  fo  gut  mtr 
eine  £af[e  $&ee  ju  ge&en,  or  ..  unb  ge&en  @ie  mir,  'be  so  kind 
as  to  give  me  . . .' 

30.     ioa£  tft  Sftttett  benn?  'what  is  the  matter  with  you'? 

Page  89. 

1.  10.     $»autgout   is   French,   render   it  by  §odjgenuj}   'the  full 
enjoyment'. 

12.  SBUb=jnret  for  23}itb=bret  =  toilb[et]  33rat[en],  'venison', 
'game*. 

I*.     $C$j|ogb    lit.   'chase   (from    Ijefcen   ch.)    of  wild   beasts', 
then   nsed   for   any    'wild   or    cruel   chase';    bie   §e$,    ^e^en   are 
derived  from  £afc,  baffen  (thus  ^af(  'hatred'). 
^        14.     5rf)r  notice  the  unusual  capital  letter  used  for   the  sake 
of  emphasis. 

20.  Dorljdt,    lit.    'has    before*   one    or   in   view,   figuratively 
'purposes';  cf.  another  literal  meaning  'have  on',  'wear*. 

21.  ftiidjcr,    'case  for  arrows',    'quiver'    (the  English  'quiver' 
from   Old   French    'cuivre',    which    again    comes    from   Old  High 
German  'kohhar'  &od)et ;  Anglos,  'cocer'). 

24.  Scberfofler,  'leather-jerking';  $oHer  from  French:  'collier' 
(Latin  'collare'  a  band  for  the  neck,  from  'collum'  the  neck);  then 
used  for  a  leather  jacket  worn  especially  by  mediaeval  mercena- 
ries (£anbs!ned)te). 

25.  fdjfage  id)  brettt,  lit.  'strike   into  it',  'strike  at  random'; 
bretn    expresses   an   interference    in   something    that    takes   place, 
cf.  brein  teben,  'interrupt  (with  words)',  bteinfabren,  'interfere  by 
force*. 

36.    fo  redjt!  'that's  right'!  'that's  it'1 


NOTES.  155 

*).  fluSctumtbcrfcljett,  lit  'set  one  from  another',  'ex- 
plain'. 

30.  beforgt,  notice  the  absolute  participle,  'the  letter  despatch- 
ed to  the  Queen';  cf.  bteS  getljcm  ging  er  fort  '[having]  done 
this  he  went  away'. 

Page  90. 

1.  5.  ttttponieren  ciltcm  is  a  student's  expression  for  'make 
an  imposing  impression  upon  one';  it  is  derived  from  Latin:  'im- 
ponere',  French :  'imposer'  'lay  upon  one',  'overawe'. 

12.  ^(ttttcit  'trays',  from  platt  'flat'  round  piece  of  wood,  to 
be  used  as  saucers  to  the  earthen  pint  jugs  from  which  they 
drank;  bet  $mg  is  now  common  (like  ©eibel)  for  'a  pitcher', 
'pot'  (English  'crock',  Dutch  'kruik',  Swedish  'kruka'),  it  is  a 
Celtic  word.  (Skeat). 

15.  ^fcifcnftummet  'a  short  clay  pipe';  ©tummel  =  'stump', 
'end',  a  compound  of  £igarre[n]=ftummel. 

23.  tt)C(rf)C  signifies  here  'some'  and  is  frequently  used  thus 
for  einige,  some  (pi.). 

27.  bie  bentuucr  kroner;  SBernnu  u  a  small  town  near 
Berlin. 

Page  91. 
1.  i.    etttem   fiber    [bic   9?fafc]    lomnten,    lit.   'come    down 

upon  their  [brewing]   bladder-fshaped  vessel   for  distillation]';    cf. 
fiber  einen  lommen,  'pounce  upon  one*. 

2.  ftittef  'smock  frock',  here  'domino';  it  seems  to  be  re- 
lated to  Dutch  and  English  'kit',  a  tub,  to  which  it  is  a  dimi- 
nutive, meaning  an  outfit  resembling  a  tub. 

12.  tto'S  an  (ft item  flctiug  ift,  =  wo  cinc3  (i.  e.  Dimmer) 
gemtg  ift,  'where  one  would  suffice' ;  cf.  id)  ^obe  an  cinem  3Jleffcr 
gcnug  =  ein  SJJeffer  (knife)  ift  mir  genug. 

13.  ttuf  ^CJltc  Sladit;  auf  'for',  is  often  used  to  express  some 
time  to  come;   of  past  time   the  mere  accusative   is  used  in  Ger- 
man, as  er  blieb  jroei  SPJonate  [lang]  he  stayed  [for]  two  mouths, 
but  er  !ommt  ju  unS  aitf  jroei  SWonate  he  wUl  come  to  stay  with 
us  for  two  months. 

17.    Utttet  cud)  'upon  yon'. 


156  NOTES. 


Page  91. 

1.  4.     fdjttterft'S  lit.   'does   it  (smack)   taste  nice',   Hsj  it  tasty', 
here  'do  you  like  it' ;  fd)Tttecfen  is  often  used  with  or  without  gut. 

5.  bnnfe  =  id)  banfe,  gut,  or  id)  banle,  ja  (e§  fc&mecft). 

7.     Ijat  fie  Sllft  lit.  'has  it  got  [enough]  air'?  'does  it  draw'. 

9.     ttUCfj    llttb    ttfld)  'by  degrees'. 

9.  Ottf  etUlttnl,  here  'at  a  time' ;  another  meaning  is  'all 
of  a  sudden',  as  ttllf  rttltttal  fafjte  er  tE)tt  'all  of  a  sudden  he  took 
hold  of  him';  notice  the  different  accent. 

15.  bte  ©djeifce  =  3iel)tf)ei6e  'target',  i.  e.  @cf)etbe  ifir.eS 
SBifceg,  'target  of  their  wit';  ©djetbc  is  used  for  any  flat,  round 
object,  thin  slice,  disk;  it  is  related  to  English  'shive',  and  'sheave', 
a  thin  disk  of  wood. 

20.  etnw*  Drbent(td)e§    'something  pertinent,    or   befitting'; 
notice  the  neuter  termination  eg  of  adjectives  after  etroaS,  nicbt§, 
Diet,  tneljt,  rocnig,  genug. 

21.  SptOH,   from  French   'e-spion'   (see  p.  84,  22),   English 
'spy'  bet  ©paber,    which    is   also    derived    from    the  French;    the 
latter,    however,    is    derived    from    Italian:    'spione',    which    again 
comes  from  O.  H.  G.  'speh6n',    German  fpafyen  'see',  'spy'. 

27.  laitgeu  @ic  Jtt,   'help  yourself,   lit.  '[reach  far  or]  long 
[enough]  to  get  something',  'reach  or  hand  to'. 

28.  Sorgenbrcd)Cr,    lit.  'sorrow-breakers',   'breakers  of  care'. 
31.     (viufiillc,   from  bet  ©infall  (verb  einfaUen),  lit.  'falling 

in';  (i)  'invasion';  (2)  'down-fall';  (3)  'sudden  idea',  'fancy';  the 
pun  refers  here  to  2.  and  3.,  the  king  says  let  us  drink  to  'good 
ideas'  (3),  and  Eversmann  takes  ©inftttt  for  'down-fall'  'falling  in*. 

Page  93. 

1.  4.    id)  g((Utfief  Ijeute  tmrbr3  Ijubfdj  ttcrben,  and  on  the 

following  page:  e<5  IBtrb  &ub|d)  beute,  a  phrase  almost  literally 
used  also  by  Gustav  Freytag  in  his  £ie  Sourttatiften  p.  69,  where 
^tepenbrin!  remarks  to  his  wife:  @g  roirb  ^eut  nod^  gut,  skilfully 
illustrating  the  rough,  simple  taste  of  a  middle  class  citizen  of 
whom  Gutzkow's  King  is  a  telling  prototype. 

6.  auluiljrcn,   lit   *bore   on   or  into',   'tap';  here   'we  shall 
immediately  get  at ..." 


NOTES.  157 

7.  marfjcu  ©te'3  (==  e§)  flttabtfl,   'don't  be  too  hard  upon 
him'. 

8.  ?lit(jftfrf)Jt)Ctfj,  lit.  'perspiration  [caused  by]  fear  (anguish)'; 
ber  Sd)iDOtfj,  verb  frfjnrifcen,  and  English  'sweat'  (swote),  are  cognate 
with  Latin  'sudor',  French :  sueur. 

10.  IjcriimfJCRHHbliCHteit  roamed  about;  from  bet  SBtnbfceutel 
lit.  'bag  of  wind',  then  'braggart'. 

10.    rruirijcii  fie;  fie  =  bie  Seute  in  SB. 

13.  bte  faucil  if)U,   notice   the   construction  where    fauen   is 
emphasized,  instead  of  bte  (roeld)e)  tfyn  !auen,  or  bie  may  be  taken 
for  demonstr.  pron.  btefe,  common  in  vivid  conversation. 

15.  MOH  n>e$tcu  bcm  =  roegen  be§  ©efdjinadsi,  is  now  only 
used  in  funny,  humorous  expressions. 

1 8.  <Sforbut  'scurvy',  allied  to  English  'scurf,  German :  '@d^at= 
bocf',  French :  'scorbut',  scurvy. 

21.  notice  the  satirical  allusion  to  Seckendorf,    and  the  pun 
on  tofet  9Jlunb,   which   in  German  may   mean   (i)  a  sore  mouth, 
(2)  a  malicious  (vicious)  mouth. 

22.  tou3  =  etroaS,  but  it  is  not  used  at  the  beginning  of  a 
sentence  when  it  might  be  confounded  with  the  interrogative  'what'? 

23.  btc  $(cmpe   (or  ^planipe)   is   vulgar,   for   a   short  broad 
sword ;   render  it  here  by  'well  then  (now),  out  with  your  arms'. 

Page  94. 

1.  6.    eg  ttwren,  elliptical  for  fte  frfjret&en,  c8  toftren,  or  bajj 
....  maren,  the  subjunctive  in  indirect  oration. 

14.  au§fd)(iigcHr  from  au^fdjlagen,  here  'put  forth  shoots', 
'bud'.     The  pun  is  on  the  giant-like  grenadiers  of  the  King,    and 
in  reference  to  the  frequent  desertions  that  occurred  among  them : 
•they  have  periods  when   they   shoot   forth   hi  such    a  way  as  to 
step  over  the  heads  of  all  fir-trees  and  disappear*. 

18.  id)  beitfe,  we  should  expect  id)  badjte. 

19.  S3(attcrr  from  SBlatt  is  commonly  used  =  3eitung§blatt 
•newsleaf,    'newspaper';  cf:  'leaf  =  £au&. 

21.  jur  Qcit  'at  the  time  being';  cf.  non  $ett  ju  3eit  from 
time  to  time';  bei  3dten  'betimes';  jut  red)ten  3e't  'in  time*. 

24  fein  SMott  »or  ben  9Jhtnb  ncffmen,  lit.  'take  no  leaf  b» 
fore  the  mouth'  is  an  idiomatic  expression  for  'sp-ak  out  freely'. 


168  NOTES. 

Page  95. 

1.  a.     t&djttg  is  an  adverb ;   'help  him  to  plenty  of  wine',  lit 
'pour  [wine]  out  to  him  freely'. 

4.  ttur  ittttner   render  the   meaning  of  these  adverbs  (only 
always)  by  'mind  to  always  put  your  glass  near  me',  i.  e.  Hotham 
wishes  to  drink  up  for  him. 

5.  ber  flltC  ^effouer,  is  Leopold,  Prince  of  Anhalt-Dessau, 
the   King's    old   friend  and    the   organiser   of   the   Prussian   army 
whose    chief  he  was  up   to   his    death   as  General  Field-Marshal. 
He  was  an  illiterate,  rude  character,  but  a  thorough  soldier,  and 
the  inventor  of  the  iron  ramrod  and  many  other  improvements  of 
general  European  importance. 

IO.  {Dlterfrage  'cross-question';  quer  is  related  to  English 
'queer',  it  means  'transverse',  'across';  cf.  ba§  Uegt  in  ber  Duete 
•that  lies  across,  queerly';  and  bet  D-uerfopf  'a  queer  fellow'. 

16.  bd§  ^Itlucr  fumt'3  ttidjt  fetn;  it  is  almost  proverbially 
said  of  a  stupid  fellow:  bafj  er  bas  juicer  nid)t  erfunben  hat; 
^ufoet  'gun-powder'. 

22.  tote  fte  [afle]  hciftett  'and  what  ever  they  may  [all]  b» 
called*. 

32.     *$erfibie  'perfidy'  is  French,  -from  Latin :  'perfidies'. 

Page  96. 
1.  2.     ftcttcn  @te  fid*,  'feign  to';  lit.  'place  yourself  [so  as  if1]. 

5.  OTtt  ber  9lnbeutltng;   lit.   'with  the   indication  of,   here 
•indicating",  'showing  signs  of. 

6.  er  f)Ht  Tnen  @pt§,  is  idiomatic  for  'he  is  rather  intoxicated*. 
IO.     er  I  ft  fcrttg  'he  has  finished',  'he  is  done  for'. 

14.  mtfftcl)Cit    'get   up',   'rise'    (of  man),  aufgeben   'rise*    (of 
stars,  the  sun,  the  moon). 

15.  C§  friige  ftC^,  notice  the  imperf.  subj.  instead  of  the  pres. 
ind.  c§  frcigt  fid)  nur  woriiber  (=  itber  IDO§),  'the  sole  question  is'. 

*I.  Jopp !  interjection,  is  French  'tope' !  done,  agreed,  be 
it  so !  it  is  perhaps  derived  from  Latin-  'toper',  'topper'  quick,  and 
would  then  be  used  in  a  reply  and  signify :  'very  well,  quick,  do 
not  let  ut  talk  any  longer  about  it,  it  is  agreed'. 

25.    ntudjCH  Wtr  c§  un§  (dat.)  Sequent,  it  U  imperative:  «let 

us  make  ourselves  comfortable'. 


NOTES.  159 

26.     108!  'fire  away'! 
30.    holt  =  nnrb  fatten. 

Page  97. 

1.  8.  fietb  truflctt,  lit.  'bear  grief,  •mourn*  ?  Seibtraqenbe 
'mourners'. 

JO.  $ab,iltgcf(f)icbene  lit.  'parted  along,  away  (from  us)'  here 
'deceased'. 

18.  an  fid)  eblcS  qualifies  ©emiit  and  thus  precedes  the  sub- 
stantive in  German,  when  in  English  it  follows  it. 

19.  triibcr  IKegttngen  'of  gloomy  traits  of  his  character'. 

21.  bo§   ftnb   tttir,   notice   the    ethic  dative  mir;   cf.  Horat. 
Epist.  I,  3:  15  quid  mihi  Celsus  agit?  'how  is  my  friend  Celsus'? 

23.  ju  ctiicm  fllftn^cnbcit  sHuffrtjuwttg  bringen,  lit.  'bring 
to  a  splendid  swinging  up',  here  'raise  into  a  wonderful  con- 
dition of  prosperity'. 

»4.  ©ercd)ttgfeit£pflege  =  ^flege  ber  ©.,  'administration  of 
justice';  nflegcn  =  (l)  'nurse',  (2)  'foster',  (3)  'be  wont'. 

Page  98. 

1.  2.  nwren  eittfndj  genug,  ...  bcfricbtgcn  $u  Woflen;  'he  was 
in  his  manners  simple  enough  not  to  wish  to  satisfy  this  desire 
in  any  other  way  than';  notice  that  fcinc  ©itten  roaren  etnfad)  is 
used  for  er  tear  etnfad)  genug  in  feinen  ©itten  . . . 

4.    menu  bus  letn  Uitflliirf  gicbt!  is  elliptical  for:  es  foil 

mid)  rounbern,  toenn  ...  'I  shall  wonder  if  there  will  be  no  harm 

done';  cf.  cS  gab  etnen  ^auntfpa^  '(there  was)  we  had  capital  fun'. 

14.     tterfdjenfCttb  fid  il)ttt  ein,  notice  the  pres.  part    referring 

to  the  unusual  dative  (t&m)  instead  of  a  nominative  we  expect. 

18.  Streaturcn ;  this  word  is  often  by  itself  used  in  a  con- 
temptuous way  for  biefe  elenben  ^. 

22.  eS  ftetjt  baljtlt,  is  idiomatic  for  'is  left  undecided',  'remains 
to  be  wen';   lit.  bahin   ftellen  =  'put   away,   aside',   hence  bo^iti 
ftcben  'stand  [away,]  out  of  reach.' 

25.  uberflufletn  'outwii  g',  'surpass'. 

26.  bimuiclanftr cbcub  'heaven-aspiring* ;  lit.  'striving  up  (an  — 
[towards]  heaven'. 


160  NOTES. 

»6.  $etttfe  is  French  for  ber  2BaE|Ifprud)  'device',  'maxim*, 
'motto'. 

27.  ju  £eutfcfj  =  auf  25eutfd)  'in  German';  this  device  was 
first  employed  on  the  occasion  of  Prussia  being  raised  to  the 
dignity  of  a  Kingdom  in  1703. 

Page  99. 

L  I.  @If[e]  btttdj  "part  eleven*;  the  t  of  clf[c]  is  an  old 
plural  form. 

4.  Ittff C«  <5ie  ftdj  (dat)  erjfiljlett  'have  told  you' ;  l&  pers. 
id)  laffe  mir  erja!jlen,  etc. 

5.  anftofjett  'touch  glasses'. 

8.  in8  Mitdjteruc,  treated  here  humorously  as  if  it  were  a 
language;  i.  e.  'translate  it  for  him  when  he  is  sober  again  (in§ 
Mdjterne)'. 

II.  fdjobe  lint  tljn  'I  pity  him',  'it  is  a  pity',  viz.  that  he  is 
a  bookworm,  or  else  he  might  be  a  smart  soldier;  as  to  fd)dbe 
(8>d)abe,  damage)  cf.  'unscathed'  unbefd)dbtgt. 

15.  uorfcHtf)tcit  =  norfangefjen  mit  cinem  £id)t  unb  cinem] 
leudjten;  @n>.  here  =  (Surer  (dat). 

18.  iiberjtcljt  here  'reviews',  •surveys';  it  also  signifies  'over- 
looks', 'cats  (one)'. 

Page  101. 

L  4.  SerDtce  (or  ©ertriS)  'plate',  'tea  and  coffee  service';  it  is 
French :  service  (from  Latin :  servitium),  allied  to  'servus'  slave,  the 
servan  who  had  to  look  after  the  dishes  at  meals,  and  which  came 
then  to  signify  all  that  belonged  to  the  slaves'  duties  at  dinner. 

IO.  ^ortdjntfe  'sedan  chair',  is  French:  'portcbaise'  (=  chaire, 
from  Latin:  ca[th]e[d]ra,  a  pulpit);  formerly  'chaire'  had  the 
double  meaning  of  'chaise'  (English :  chair,  a  seatX  and  of  'chaire' 
a  professorship;  in  the  16th  century  the  Parisiens  changed  r  (in 
chaire)  into  s,  thus  'chaise',  which  took  then  the  place  of  chaire 
for  some  time  (even  said :  'une  chaise  [for  'chaire']  de  Thedlogie), 
until  the  difference  was  then  clearly  established;  French:  'port'  is 
the  verbal  noun  of  'porter*  (Latin:  'portare*  carry). 

IJ.     er  latin  fldj    fcben  (offen    'can   sh«w   itself;   notice   the 


NOTES.  161 

pan  on  nrieber  feljen  laffen  fann  and   the  following  bdtnti  man 
nidjt  feben  ?ann. 

1 8.  laffeit  ftrf)  in  biefe  Stooteuerfd)iuornttg  tin  'become  an 
accomplice  in  this  conspiracy  against  the  state';  from  fid}  etnldfjen 
lit.  'let  oneself  in',  'join',  'become  an  accomplice  in'. 

Page  102. 

1.  3.  9Rfljeftat8toer&redjett,  lit  'crime  against  the  Majesty  of 
the  state',  'high  treason'. 

6.    im  Sreife  beS  gefeOfdjaftltdjen  $irM8  is  a  nonsensical 

pleonasm  the  words  $rei3  and  the  French  Qirtel  meaning  the  same. 

1 8.     SBcr liner,  the  lower  classes  of  Berlin,   as  is  known,   are 

fond  of  confounding  dative  and  accusative   of  personal  pronouns. 

Page  103. 

12.  fott  ftrf)  itbcrworfen  Ijflben  ttttt  'is  said  to  nave  fallen 
out  with',  lit.  'throw  oneself  over  or  upon  one'. 

15.  omnittcln  taediate'  =  fid)  in§  9JMtteI  legen,  L  e.  find 
means  (2JMtteI)  so  as  to  act  as  mediator. 

21.  Stuff  fin  a  Prussian  fortress  where  the  Crown  Prince  Fre- 
derick was  confined  after  his  vain  attempt  at  flight. 

25.  im  flvof;cit  ^oftflm  'in  court  dress',  'in  evening  dress'; 
im  (=  in  bem)  signifies  'in  the  well  known  dress  (which  need 
not  be  described  any  further). 

Page  104. 

L  5.  bcreitcn  teurb  =  bringen  roirb,  or  fcerettet  I)at  i.  e.  has 
prepared  for  you  and  is  now  at  the  point  of  bringing,  or  has  pre- 
pared something  for  you  that  will  surprise  you. 

9.     madjeit  ©1C  Aortic  mtt  'be  partner  with',  'side  with'. 
II.     bic  Sontliren 'contours',  'outlines';  it  is  a  French  verbal 
noun :    'contour',    from  'contourfner]'    (Latin :   'cum'   and  'tornare') 
•turn  round  together',    'compass   about',  and  originally  referred  to 
the  environs  (outlines)  of  a  town. 

14.  um  $ergef)unf)  =  id)  bittc  urn  S3. 

15.  jicfjt   e$    'there   is   a   draught',   is  an    impersonal    verb 
with,  or  without  a  dative. 

11 


t62  NOTES. 

1 8.  (f'porfje   'epoch'   is   Low  Latin   'epocha1   (also  Greek),  a 
stop,  pause ;  cf.  French :  6poque. 

19.  Qrttfctte  is  French  :  Etiquette'  (for:   e-stiquet[te]),  a  label 
or  note  stuck  up  on  the  gate  of  courts  of  justice,  and  is  -derived 
from  a  Germanic  source,    related    to   English    'stick',  and  German 
ftecfen,  (ftedjen)  stick. 

30.  tune-  foil  on*  gcbcil  'what  is  to  come  of  this',  'what  will 
be  the  end  of  this'. 

Page  105. 

1.  I.     ©djldfl  ttltf  ©rfjlflg   lit.  'one  stroke  upon  the  other  i.  e. 
'in  [such]  rapid  succession'. 

6.  bod) !  used  in  opposing  some  misstatement,  'to  be  sure, 
it  is'. 

22.  fid)  Stmngeit  jur  fi.  'to  affect  affability',  lit.  'compel  himself  to'. 

23.  WoS  bo3  l)ter  Ijiibfd)  tft  =  nrie  &,ii6fd)  eg  fyter  ift. 

23.  fid)  anC'ittntntt,  from  fid)  au§nefjmen;  lit  fid)  au3  bem 
iibrigen  fo  beraugnebmen,  ba^  e§  ouffallt,  thus  'raises  itself  (fid) 
auo  or  ^erauSnc^mcn)  [above  the  other  things]',  i.  e.  'looks'. 

Page  1 06. 
L  I.     loeldjeS,  neuter  of  pronouns  with  fctn. 

a.     ©d)SId)en,  from  bic  ©djale  'a  bowl',  'a  cup'. 
ai.    nod)  ciuninl  ifjrcu  fiiuftcu  Wnitit  begrabcn  i.  e.  06  Sic 
nod)  cinmal  3^ren  SJlann  begroben  unb  biesmal  ben  fiinften;  the 
literal   rendering    would   signify:    to    bury    once   more    your   fifth 
husband. 

22.     Cbet  bod)?  'Or  is  it  [i.  e.  my  apprehension]  true'? 
38.     Sefltd)  'visit*  is  often  used  for  93efud)er  'visitors'. 

Page  107. 
1.  7.    i&m  git  S&feen  =  iu  feincn  ft. 

9.  tUttentdt  Ollf  (is  French,  from  Latin  'attentatum',  perf. 
part,  of  'attentare'  attempt),  'an  attempt  at*. 

II.  on  bin  id)  fd)i>n  angefontmen,  ironically  for:  'I  am  there 
in  a  nice  mess'. 

13.     Per^Cjt  'bewitched',  from  bie  §e£e  'hag',  'witch*. 

17.    @te  tocrben  nidjt!  'You  shall  not'! 


NOTES.  163 

Page  108. 

i-  13.  tBitWCttftfc  'widow's  seat',  i.  e.  the  estate  settled  on  a 
widow. 

14.  nodj  torse  3*tt;  nod)  here  =  [nod)]  folgenbe,  nod)  iibrig 
Meibenbe. 

»3-     SMetfymiilje  'helmet'  (of  sheet-metal,  tin  plate). 

Page  109. 
1.  a.    ifi  begriffen  auf  'is  engaged  in';  (from  fcegreifen). 

6.  ttiollcit  bcfyaupten,  with  a  slight  difference  from  the 
pies.  ind.  be^aupten  anbere,  inasmuch  as  rooHen  expresses  'are 
buld  enough  to',  'mean  to',  1.  e.  'assert  for  certain'. 

8.     erfafjreu  nutjjte  =  erfubr  'could  not  help  noticing'. 
13.    ftrtj  frfjfancu  nuf  Sefien  nnb  Xob  'fight  about  a  matter 
of  life  or  death',  i.  e.  until  death  results  to  one  of  them;   this  is 
expressed  by  auf  showing  the  direction  in  which  Xob  ober  2eben 
will  be  found. 

17.  SSeltftaat  'Universal  Power',  is  more  than  ©rojjjfaat 
.Great  Power',  referring  here  to  England's  possessions  all  round 
the  world. 

23.     3o,  here  'well'  «but'. 

24     ein  ©dilucrt  fuijrcn  'wield  or  handle  a  iword*. 

Page  lia 

L  6.     crcrjicrt  auf  93B.  $lt  'marches  up  to'. 
8.    fid)  atifdjliefjett  'join'. 
10.    redjtSunt  frtjwenft!  right-about!  Stedjteu  [guf;],  filnlew 

l»] 

16.    5lommonbo  'word  of  command'. 

}I.    $att!  Sfynen  fitr  ..  'thanks  to  you  for  ../ 

Page  in. 
L  6.     Wflufrfjt  nur  nod)  'only  wishes  further  (nod))'. 

8.  ©ruppc  i.  e.  the  group  formed  by  the  actors  at  tlw 
conclusion  of  the  scene. 


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